al-Khazraji S M, al-Shamaony L A, Twaij H A
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, University of Baghdad, Iraq.
J Ethnopharmacol. 1993 Dec;40(3):163-6. doi: 10.1016/0378-8741(93)90064-c.
Artemisia herba alba is widely used in Iraqi folk medicine for the treatment of diabetes mellitus. Oral administration of 0.39 g/kg body weight of the aqueous extract of the leaves or barks produced a significant reduction in blood glucose level, while the aqueous extract of roots and the methanolic extract of the aerial parts of the plant produce almost no reduction in blood glucose level. The extract of the aerial parts of the plant seem to have minimal adverse effect and high LD50 value.
白蒿在伊拉克民间医学中被广泛用于治疗糖尿病。口服0.39克/千克体重的叶或树皮水提取物可显著降低血糖水平，而根的水提取物和植物地上部分的甲醇提取物几乎不会降低血糖水平。该植物地上部分的提取物似乎副作用最小且半数致死量值较高。
