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Treviño S, Sánchez-Lara E, Sarmiento-Ortega VE, Sánchez-Lombardo I, Flores-Hernández JÁ, Pérez-Benítez A, Brambila-Colombres E, González-Vergara E. Hypoglycemic, lipid-lowering and metabolic regulation activities of metforminium decavanadate (H2Metf)3 [V10O28]·8H2O using hypercaloric-induced carbohydrate and lipid deregulation in Wistar rats as biological model. J Inorg Biochem 2015; 147:85-92. [PMID: 25920353 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2015.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2014] [Revised: 04/01/2015] [Accepted: 04/01/2015] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
Because of the increasing global spread of type 2 diabetes mellitus, there is a need to develop new antidiabetic agents. Recently we have synthesized new decavanadates using metformin as counterion. In particular, the compound containing three metforminium dications has been obtained in high yield and has been completely characterized. Biological studies using Wistar rats that have been fed with a high caloric diet inducing insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome were carried out. Results of the impact on key biochemical parameters mediated by metformin alone and the new compound are here presented. The metforminium decavanadate (H2Metf)3[V10O28]·8H2O, abbreviated as Metf-V10O28, was shown to have pharmacological potential as a hypoglycemic, lipid-lowering and metabolic regulator, since the resulting compound made of the two components with antidiabetic activities, reduces both dosage and time of administration (twice a week). Hence, due to the beneficial effects induced by the metforminium decavanadate we recommend to continue the exploration into the mechanism and toxicology of this new compound.
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Affiliation(s)
- Samuel Treviño
- Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, 14 Sur y Av. San Claudio, Col. San Manuel, CP 72570 Puebla, PUE, Mexico
| | - Eduardo Sánchez-Lara
- Centro de Química, ICUAP, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, 14 Sur y Av. San Claudio, Col. San Manuel, CP 72570 Puebla, PUE, Mexico
| | - Víctor Enrique Sarmiento-Ortega
- Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, 14 Sur y Av. San Claudio, Col. San Manuel, CP 72570 Puebla, PUE, Mexico
| | - Irma Sánchez-Lombardo
- Centro de Química, ICUAP, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, 14 Sur y Av. San Claudio, Col. San Manuel, CP 72570 Puebla, PUE, Mexico
| | - José Ángel Flores-Hernández
- Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, 14 Sur y Av. San Claudio, Col. San Manuel, CP 72570 Puebla, PUE, Mexico
| | - Aarón Pérez-Benítez
- Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, 14 Sur y Av. San Claudio, Col. San Manuel, CP 72570 Puebla, PUE, Mexico
| | - Eduardo Brambila-Colombres
- Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, 14 Sur y Av. San Claudio, Col. San Manuel, CP 72570 Puebla, PUE, Mexico
| | - Enrique González-Vergara
- Centro de Química, ICUAP, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, 14 Sur y Av. San Claudio, Col. San Manuel, CP 72570 Puebla, PUE, Mexico.
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