al-Shamaony L, al-Khazraji S M, Twaij H A
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, University of Baghdad, Iraq.
J Ethnopharmacol. 1994 Jul 22;43(3):167-71. doi: 10.1016/0378-8741(94)90038-8.
Artemisia herba alba is widely used in Iraqi folk medicine for the treatment of diabetes mellitus. However, very few scientific and medical studies were carried out to assess the efficacy and toxicity of A. herba alba. In this study feeding diabetic rats and rabbits with 0.39 g/kg body weight of the aqueous extract of the aerial parts of the plant for 2-4 weeks shows a significant reduction in blood glucose level, prevents elevation of glycosylated haemoglobin level and possesses a hypoliposis effect, in addition to the protection against body weight loss of diabetic animals.
白蒿在伊拉克民间医学中被广泛用于治疗糖尿病。然而，针对白蒿的疗效和毒性进行的科学和医学研究非常少。在本研究中，给糖尿病大鼠和兔子喂食0.39克/千克体重的该植物地上部分水提取物，持续2至4周，结果显示血糖水平显著降低，可防止糖化血红蛋白水平升高，具有降脂作用，此外还能防止糖尿病动物体重减轻。
