The aim of this study was to determine whether the duration of antecedent hypoglycemia regulates the magnitude of subsequent counterregulatory failure. A total of 31 lean healthy overnight-fasted individuals (16 men/15 women) were studied. There were 15 subjects (8 men/7 women) who underwent two separate 2-day randomized experiments separated by at least 2 months. On day 1, 2-h hyperinsulinemic...

Pakistan is rich in medicinally important plants and has ancient herbal treatment methods. Present work is based on the study of six indigenous plants Eugenia jambolana, Lawsonia inermis, Momordica charantia, Morus Corresponding author: Tel.: +92-21-4610132; E-mail [email protected] M. Saeed Arayne et al. Pak. J. Pharm. Sci., 2007, Vol.20(4), 268-273 269 alba, Nigella sativa and Trigonella foe...

Oral hypoglycemic agents have great potential for the treatment of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Here we report the identification of novel, small-molecule, insulin mimetics that activate the insulin receptor (IR) in vivo and in vitro, stimulate the Akt and extracellular signal-regulated kinase pathways downstream of the IR, and mimic the ability of insulin to stimulate glucose uptake, glyco...

Introduction:This study was carried out to investigate the effect of bael(Aegle marmelos) on glucose,cholesterol,triglyceride,creatinine levels and the activity of ALT and AST in the serum of diabetic rats.   Method:45 Adult male sprague dawley rats were selected.the brats were divided into three groups.the first group was considered as negative CONTROL(non-diabetic rats)and diabetes mellitus...

Department of Biochemistry Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria. Corresponding Author: Saidu, A.N ___________________________________________________________________________ Abstract The phytochemical screening and hypoglycemic effect of Carica papaya stem bark in alloxan-induced diabetic albino rats was investigated. Phytochemical analysis of the methanolic extract of Carica papaya...

Lycium barbarum polysaccharide (LBP) has traditionally been used in Chinese medicine as a chief ingredient of Lycium barbarum (wolf berry/goji berry) for the treatment of various diseases with the symptoms of frequent drinking and urination. This study was conducted as a randomized, controlled clinical trial. A total of 67 patients with type 2 diabetes (30 in control group and 37 in LBP group) ...

BACKGROUND Our study aims at exploring the hypoglycemic effect, efficacy, and possible mode of action of ethanol extract of Alpinia nigra (EEAN) as an antidiabetic agent in an animal model. METHODS Oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) was used to identify primary hypoglycemic effect in mice. Three tests (glucose absorption, sucrose absorption, and disaccharidase activity) were carried out by gu...

The rhizome of Anemarrhena asphodeloides is used as food and traditional Chinese medicine for its hypoglycemic effect. The aim of this study was to investigate the isolation, purification and hypoglycemic activity of Anemaran as the active component. The influence factors (isolation duration, ratio of residuals to water and extracting times) during the isolation process were evaluated. The opti...

Purpose: To investigate the interacting effects of co-administration of Carica papaya leaf extract on the hypoglycemic activity of metformin and glimepiride in an animal model. Method: Experimental factorial design was used to evaluate the individual and interaction influence of three variables ie nature (N), dose administered (C) and duration of administration (D), in a 2(=8) employed at two l...

Objective: To investigate the antioxidant properties of curcumin pyrazole derivatives using different in-vitro models and hypoglycemic potential by gluconeogenesis studies. Methods: Antioxidant ability of curcumin pyrazole derivatives was evaluated by using DPPH, nitric oxide, superoxide anion scavenging and lipid peroxidation assays comparing with standard, ascorbic acid (AA). The hypoglycemic...