Effects of Syzygium Cumini Bark on Blood Glucose, Plasma Insulin and C-peptide in Streptozotocin induced Diabetic rats
| Author | G Saravanan | en |
| Author | P Leelavinothan | en |
| Issued Date | 2006-04-30 | en |
| Abstract | In recent years, several plant extracts have been examined for their antidiabetic propertics in an effort to identify alternative treatment strategies that pose less of a risk for diabetics. The present study was undertaken to investigate the antidia-betic effects of Syzygium cumini bark in ex-perimental diabetes mellitus. Materials and Methods: Diabetes was induced in male albino Wistar rats by a single intraperito-neal injection of streptozotocin (45 mg/kg body weight), after which, the animals were randomly allocated into five experimental groups as fol-lows: Group 1: normal rats, Group 2: normal rats received Syzygium cumini bark extract (SBEt; 300mg/kg body weight), Group 3: diabetic con-trol rats, Group 4: diabetic rats receiving SBEt (300mg/kg), Group 5: diabetic rats received glibenclamide (600μg/kg body weight). The ef-fects of 45 days treatment of SBEt on blood glu-cose, plasma insulin, C-peptide, urine sugar and body weight were studied in comparison to those of glibenclamide. Results: Blood glucose levels (268.10?19.25 mg/dL) and urine sugar increased significantly whereas the levels of plasma insulin (5.01?0.29 μU/L) and C-peptide (167.68? 8.50 pmol/L) decreased sig-nificantly in diabetic rats as compared to normal rats. Oral administration of SBEt exhibited antidiabetic activity by significantly (p | en |
| DOI | https://doi.org/ | en |
| Keyword | Syzygium cumini | en |
| Keyword | Antidiabetic ef-fect | en |
| Keyword | Streptozotocin diabetes | en |
| Keyword | Blood glucose | en |
| Keyword | Oral glucose tolerance test | en |
| Keyword | Plasma insulin | en |
| Keyword | C-peptide | en |
| Publisher | Brieflands | en |
| Title | Effects of Syzygium Cumini Bark on Blood Glucose, Plasma Insulin and C-peptide in Streptozotocin induced Diabetic rats | en |
| Type | Research Article | en |
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