Ibañez-Camacho R, Roman-Ramos R
Arch Invest Med (Mex). 1979;10(4):223-30.
Nopal (Opuntia sp.) has been traditionally used by the Mexican population for the treatment of diabetes mellitus. The purpose of this work is to describe effects produced by directly liquified nopal and extracts from this plant in healthy and pancreatectomized rabbits. Preliminary results allow us to conclude that Opuntia streptacantha, Lemaire, has hypoglycemic properties when orally administered, in animals with experimentally induced diabetes as well as in healthy ones with physiologic hyperglycemia.
胭脂仙人掌（仙人掌属）一直被墨西哥人传统地用于治疗糖尿病。这项工作的目的是描述直接液化的胭脂仙人掌及其提取物对健康和胰腺切除兔子产生的影响。初步结果使我们得出结论，莱氏仙人掌在口服给药时，对实验性诱导糖尿病的动物以及生理性高血糖的健康动物具有降血糖特性。
