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Therefore, the present study aims to investigate the combined effects of naringenin and metformin on fructose-induced insulin resistance in male rats.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Materials and Methods:<\/jats:title>\n Male Wistar rats were divided into five groups: control (without receiving fructose), fructose-induced insulin resistance; F group (with receiving fructose for 8 weeks), fructose+metformin; FM (receiving metformin for last 4 weeks), fructose+naringenin; FN (receiving naringenin for last 4 weeks) and fructose+metformine+naringenin; FMN (receiving metformin and naringenin for last 4 weeks). At the end of the experiment, after an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), following deep anesthesia, blood drawing was performed to measure glucose, insulin, total cholesterol (TC), high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-C), low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C), triglyceride (TG), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-a), interleukin 6 (IL-6), free fatty acid (FFA), homeostatic model assessment for insulin resistance (HOMA-IR), quantitative insulin sensitivity check index (QUICKI), and liver enzymes.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results:<\/jats:title>\n \n Although metformin and naringenin each alone showed anti-hyperglycemic effects, combined treatment of metformin with naringenin could more remarkably improve glucose intolerance, decrease glucose, TNF-alpha, IL-6, FFA, TG, and TG\/HDL-C ratio, and alanine aminotransferase in FMN group compared to F group (\n P<\/jats:italic>\n < .05 to\n P<\/jats:italic>\n < .0001).\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n 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