The present study evaluated antidiabetic activity of hydroalcoholic extract of Sansevieria roxburghiana rhizome (HASR) in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. Hyperglycemia was induced in rats by streptozotocin (STZ, 65 mg/kg body weight). Three days after STZ induction, diabetic rats received HASR orally at 50 and 100 mg/kg body weight daily for 15 days. Glibenclamide (0.5 mg/kg, orally) serv...

AIMS This study was designed to investigate the enzyme inhibitory and antidiabetic activity for the constituents isolated from Dillenia indica. METHODS The leaves of D. indica were extracted with methanol and subjected to fractionation and chromatographic separation, which led to the isolation of seven compounds: betulinic acid (1), n-heptacosan-7-one (2), n-nonatriacontan-18-one (3), quercet...

peganum harmala is a plant that is traditionally used as an analgesic, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, antioxidant, anti-helmintic, and antimutagenic agent. moreover, it is used to treat a variety of human ailments, including depression. this study was conducted to investigate the antidiabetic activity of hydro alcoholic extract of this herb. a hydro alcoholic extract from seeds of this herb ...

diuretics are the agents which cause increase in excretion of urine. diabetes mellitus (dm) is a multi-factorial disorder characterized by hyperglycemia resulting from an increased hepatic glucose production and diminished insulin secretion. the present study was undertaken to study the diuretic and anti-diabetic activity of esculin. esculin was found to have potent diuretic activity in normal ...

Background & Aim: Solenostemon monostachyus has remain invincible in Ibibio ethnomedicine for the management of numerous ailment including diabetes mellitus. Many of these ethnomedicinal claims are yet to be pharmacologically verified. The purpose of this study therefore was to subject the extract/fractions of Solenostemon monostachyus used in folkloric management of diabetes ...

Background & Aim: Solenostemon monostachyus has remain invincible in Ibibio ethnomedicine for the management of numerous ailment including diabetes mellitus. Many of these ethnomedicinal claims are yet to be pharmacologically verified. The purpose of this study therefore was to subject the extract/fractions of Solenostemon monostachyus used in folkloric management of diabetes ...