What does STZ stand for?

Streptozotocin

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Samples in periodicals archive:

We have previously reported the therapeutic effects of several new AGE/ALE inhibitors on the prevention of nephropathy and dyslipidemia in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rats.

Novel inhibitors of glycation and age formation

Previously the only treatment option was streptozotocin, an outdated naturally occurring toxin that gained FDA approval for the treatment of pancreatic islet cell cancer in 1982.

11th World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer of the European ...

Researchers at the Bishop Heber College in Tamil Nadu recently undertook a study into this plant and its effects on the blood sugar levels of both normal and streptozotocin (STZ) induced diabetic rats.

Mucuna pruriens and diabetes

Yu et al (2000) observed oral administration of Andrographis decreased plasma glucose concentration in streptozotocin induced diabetic rats.

Effect of herbal medicine Dia-No on clinical and biochemical ...

Diabetes was induced by an intraperitoneal injection of streptozotocin (50 mg/kg).

Hypoglycemic and hypolipidemic effects of aronia melanocarpa fruit ...

In the present study, we demonstrated the hypoglycemic effect of CSP-1 on normal and alloxan-diabetic mice and streptozotocin (STZ)-diabetic rats.

Hypoglycemic activity of polysaccharide, with antioxidation, isolated ...

The streptozotocin attaches to a repair enzyme, making the cells more sensitive to the DNA-damaging agent.

Resisting cancer chemotherapy; researchers are struggling to learn ...

In these studies, non human primates are treated by an agent called streptozotocin which induces them to become diabetic and consequently dependent upon administration of exogenous insulin for the maintenance of reasonable blood sugar levels.

Tissera Reports Achievement of Proof of Concept of the Curative ...