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International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Volume 2 (2015), Article ID 2:IJPSR-106, 11 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.15344/2394-1502/2015/106
Research Article
Facts and Artifacts in the Evaluation of the Anti-diabetic Activity of Spent Hop Extract in Rat Hearts in the“Experimental Model of Diabetes”

Magdalena Labieniec-Watala1*, Tomasz Przygodzki2, Karolina Siewiera2, Anna Podsedek3 and Cezary Watala2

1Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, Department of Thermobiology, University of Lodz, Pomorska 141/143, 90-236 Lodz, Poland
2Department of Hemostasis and Hemostatic Disorders, Chair of Biomedical Sciences, Medical University of Lodz, Mazowiecka 6/9, 92-215 Lodz, Poland
3Institute of Technical Biochemistry, Lodz University of Technology, Stefanowskiego 4/10, 90-924 Lodz, Poland
Dr. Magdalena Labieniec-Watala, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, Department of Thermobiology, University of Lodz, Pomorska 141/143, 90-236 Lodz, Poland, Tel: (48) 42 635 44 81, Fax: (48) 42 635 44 73; E-mail: magdalab@biol.uni.lodz.pl
10 November 2014; 13 January 2015; 15 January 2015
Labieniec-Watala M, Przygodzki T, Siewiera K, Podsedek A, Watala C (2015) Facts and Artifacts in the Evaluation of the Anti-diabetic Activity of Spent Hop Extract in Rat Hearts in the “Experimental Model of Diabetes”. Int J Pharma Sci Res 2: 106. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.15344/2394-1502/2015/106
This work was supported by the grant "Production of polyphenol extracts of plant origin with antiplatelet and cardioprotective properties -FLAWOPIRYNA" UDA-POIG.01.03.01-10-129/08-00, co-financed by European Union from the European Regional Development Fund within the frame of the Innovative Economy Operational Program. The authors sincerely thank Agata Rucinska (University of Lodz) for her excellent technical assistance and Prof. Jan Oszmianski (Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Science) for the identification of low molecular weight phenolics using the UPLC-MS method.

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