To consider potentially new hypoglycemic and antihyperlipidemic sources, aqueous extracts from four Korean medicinal plants, Chrysanthemum coronarium, Dioscorea batatas, Morus alba, Citrus unshiu, were investigated in alloxan-induced diabetic rats. To induce diabetes, 36 rats were administered alloxan orally (120 mg/kg body weight) for 2 weeks and among those 6 rats were used as a diabetic cont...

between synthesis and degradation. When the balance is lost, hyperlipidemia, such as hypertriglyceridemia and hypercholesterolemia, may develop. This can cause variety of serious diseases, such as arteriosclerosis, hypertension, obesity, diabetes, functional depression of some organs, etc. Pancreatic lipase (PL) is a key enzyme for lipid breakdown required to absorb fatty acids. Pancreatic lipa...