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Salvigenin alleviates diabetic nephropathy through Nrf2-mediated modulation of renal inflammation and ferroptosis.

Key takeaways

A natural compound from rosemary reduced scarring and cell death in diabetic mice and kidney cells, but no human trials have been done — so it is not known if this helps people with kidney disease.

Who did this work

Ge X (Department of Endocrinology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Soochow 215004, China; Department of Endocrinology, Tongren Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai 200336, China.) · Du J (Department of Endocrinology, Tongren Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai 200336, China.) · Wang J (Hongqiao International Institute of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai 200336, China.) · Xi L (Department of Endocrinology, Tongren Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai 200336, China.) · Peng W (Department of Endocrinology, Tongren Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai 200336, China.) · Huang S (Department of Endocrinology, Tongren Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai 200336, China. Electronic address: [email protected].) · Xie Y (Department of Endocrinology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Soochow 215004, China. Electronic address: [email protected].)

Source

Paper · Europe PMC, CKD · 2026-08-19
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.taap.2026.118000