Hypoglycaemic and other related actions of Tinospora cordifolia roots in alloxan-induced diabetic rats

被引:152
作者
Stanely, P [1 ]
Prince, M [1 ]
Menon, VP [1 ]
机构
[1] Annamalai Univ, Dept Biochem, Annamalainagar 608002, Tamil Nadu, India
关键词
Tinospora cordifolia; aqueous extract; alloxan diabetes; lipids; brain;
D O I
10.1016/S0378-8741(99)00136-1
中图分类号
Q94 [植物学];
学科分类号
071001 ;
摘要
Tinospora cordifolia is widely used in Indian Ayurvedic medicine for treating diabetes mellitus. Oral administration of an aqueous T. cordifolia root extract (TCREt) to alloxan diabetic rats caused a significant reduction in blood glucose and brain lipids. The extract caused an increase in body weight, total haemoglobin and hepatic hexokinase. The root extract also lowers hepatic glucose-6-phosphatase and serum acid phosphatase, alkaline phosphatase, and lactate dehydrogenase in diabetic rats. Thus TCREt has hypoglycaemic and hypolipidaemic effect. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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