TY - JOUR
T1 - Hypoglycemic potentials of methanolic extracts of selected plant foods in alloxanized mice
AU - Ogundipe, O. O.
AU - Moody, J. O.
AU - Akinyemi, T. O.
AU - Raman, A.
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - Crude methanolic extracts of five selected edible plant foods were tested for hypoglycemic activity in alloxanized mice. Fasting blood sugar levels were reduced significantly at differing rates. The order of their antidiabetic activity were H. sabdariffa, A. occidentalis, S. americanum, V. amygdalina, G. latifolium, H. sabdariffa, A. occidentalis and S. americanum, utilized at a dose of 100 mg/kg, had similar activity as chlorpropamide (5 mg/kg), which was used as a reference standard, in that they reduced blood sugar levels in mice below the initial values.
AB - Crude methanolic extracts of five selected edible plant foods were tested for hypoglycemic activity in alloxanized mice. Fasting blood sugar levels were reduced significantly at differing rates. The order of their antidiabetic activity were H. sabdariffa, A. occidentalis, S. americanum, V. amygdalina, G. latifolium, H. sabdariffa, A. occidentalis and S. americanum, utilized at a dose of 100 mg/kg, had similar activity as chlorpropamide (5 mg/kg), which was used as a reference standard, in that they reduced blood sugar levels in mice below the initial values.
KW - Alloxanized mice
KW - Hypoglycemic activity
KW - Plant foods
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U2 - 10.1023/B:QUAL.0000040321.56831.c4
DO - 10.1023/B:QUAL.0000040321.56831.c4
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:18644364167
SN - 0921-9668
VL - 58
SP - 1
EP - 7
JO - Plant Foods for Human Nutrition
JF - Plant Foods for Human Nutrition
IS - 3
ER -