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Recently, several studies demonstrated the potential health attributes of camel milk. The present study was designed to explore the effect of camel milk - compared to cow and buffalo milks on blood glucose and liver and kidneys function. Thirty male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into five groups. For comparison, one group was used as a normal control, while the remaining four groups were injected with streptozotocin in order to induce diabetes. One of the diabetic groups were used as a Diabetic Control Group DCG, whereas, three diabetic groups were fed on diets containing cow COM, buffalo BFG or camel milks CMG for six weeks. Insulin content in camel milk 58.672.01 U L-1 was more than that of cow or buffalo milks 17.010.96 and 16.210.95 U L-1, respectively. Feeding diabetic rats on camel milk was showing a higher hypoglycemic effect 49.2 than that of either COM or BFG 11.6 and 11.1, respectively compared to the DCG group. Giving camel milk led to an improvement in activities of alanine amino-transferase and aspartate amino-transferase by 41 and 38, respectively compared to the DCG rats. A significant p0.05 reduction effects on uric acid, urea and creatinine levels were observed in the CMG, COG and BFG groups. The present work confirms the hypoglycemic effect of camel milk as well as marked improvements in liver and kidneys function, which was greater than those of COG and BFG groups. Indeed, extensive research on camel milk is still needed to identify the relevance components of these healthy functions.

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