Department of Pharmacology, College of Health Sciences, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Ali Akilu Road, Sokoto, Nigeria.
J Ethnopharmacol. 2010 May 4;129(1):34-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2010.02.008. Epub 2010 Feb 26.
To investigate antidiabetic effect of the leaves of Combretum micranthum G. Don, a medicinal plant used for treating diabetes in Northwestern Nigeria.
Three doses (100mg/kg, 200mg/kg and 400mg/kg) of the aqueous leaf extract of Combretum micranthum were administered to normal glucose loaded, subdiabetic and diabetic rats.
Of the doses tested, 100mg/kg of the extract was the most effective. It produces a significant hypoglycaemic and antidiabetic activity comparable to the effect of standard drug (0.6 mg/kg glibenclemide).
This study demonstrated the potential antidiabetic property of aqueous leaf extract of Combretum micranthum thus justifying its traditional usage.
研究用于治疗尼日利亚西北部糖尿病的药用植物圆叶牡荆的叶子的降血糖作用。
给正常糖耐量负荷、亚糖尿病和糖尿病大鼠灌胃三种剂量(100mg/kg、200mg/kg 和 400mg/kg)的圆叶牡荆水提物。
在所测试的剂量中,100mg/kg 的提取物最为有效。它产生了显著的降血糖和抗糖尿病活性,可与标准药物(0.6mg/kg 格列本脲)的效果相媲美。
这项研究表明圆叶牡荆的水提物具有潜在的抗糖尿病特性,因此证实了其传统用途。