Masoud Amiri
1, Parisa Motamedi
2, Leila Vakili
3, Nahid Dehghani
4, Fereshte Kiani
5, Zahra Taheri
6, Sara Torkamaneh
7, Parto Nasri
8, Hamid Nasri
8*1 Social Health Determinants Research Center, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran
2 Environmental Health Engineering, Engineering Department, Health Faculty, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
3 Nour Medical Hospital, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
4 Young Researchers and Elite Club, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran
5 Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
6 Social Health Determinants Research Center, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran
7 Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Khorasgan University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran
8 Department of Nephrology, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
*Corresponding Author: *Corresponding author: Prof. Hamid Nasri, Department of Nephrology, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran., Email:
hamidnasri@med.mui.ac.ir
Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education:
Silymarin possesses antioxidant and antiproteinuric effects in humans and in animal models. Silymarin seem to have two different effects in diabetic patients. Firstly control of blood sugar and secondly, silymarin seems to have the ability to ameliorate the diabetic nephropathy, an effect beyond controlling the blood glucose in diabetics.
Please cite this paper as: Amiri M, Motamedi P, Vakili L, Dehghani N, Kiani F, Taheri Z, et al. Beyond the liver protective efficacy of silymarin; bright renoprotective effect on diabetic kidney disease. J Nephropharmacol 2014; 3(2): 25-26.