Pérez R M, Ocegueda A, Muñoz J L, Avila J G, Morrow W W
J Ethnopharmacol. 1984 Dec;12(3):253-62. doi: 10.1016/0378-8741(84)90054-0.
Diabetes mellitus is a disease that annually causes many deaths, and to date no really efficient remedy has been found. We studied a number of plants traditionally used in Mexico against diabetes, some of them since prehispanic times. Specimens of each species were collected and extracts from them were tested on CD1 strain mice with alloxan-induced diabetes. Hypoglycemic activity was determined by the O-toluidine and the Dextrostix tape methods. Several of the plants showed a marked hypoglycemic effect.
糖尿病是一种每年导致许多人死亡的疾病，迄今为止尚未找到真正有效的治疗方法。我们研究了墨西哥一些传统上用于治疗糖尿病的植物，其中一些自前西班牙时代就已被使用。采集了每个物种的标本，并在四氧嘧啶诱导糖尿病的CD1品系小鼠上测试了它们的提取物。通过邻甲苯胺法和葡萄糖试纸法测定降血糖活性。几种植物显示出显著的降血糖作用。
