Xylitol improves antioxidant, purinergic and cholinergic dysfunction, and lipid metabolic homeostasis in hepatic injury in type 2 diabetic rats.

In the present study, we investigated the therapeutic effect of xylitol on glycogen content, oxidative stress, purinergic and cholinergic dysfunction, and lipid dysmetabolism in hepatic tissue of diabetic rats. Seven-week-old male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into five groups as follows: normal control (NC), diabetic control (DC), diabetic xylitol 5% (DX5), diabetic xylitol 10% (DX10), and diabetic xylitol 20% (DX20). Type 2 diabetes (T2D) was induced in the diabetic groups, and after the confirmation of diabetes, the xylitol groups were supplied with their respective solutions.