Antidiabetic activity of Curculigo orchioides root tuber

Madhavan, V.; Joshi, R.; Murali, A.; Yoganarasimhan, S.N.

Antidiabetic activity of Curculigo orchioides root tuber

2007

Madhavan, V. | Joshi, R. | Murali, A. | Yoganarasimhan, S.N.

Curculigo orchioides Gaertn. (Hypoxidaceae) is known as "talamuli" or "musali" in Ayurveda and as "nilapanai" in Siddha. The root tuber is used in the treatment of diabetes and several other diseases. Both alcohol and aqueous extracts were tested with alloxan-induced diabetic rats. Blood glucose levels were evaluated on the 7th, 14th, and 21st days. Doses of 500 and 1000 mg/kg body weight of both extracts produced significant (p < 0.001) hypoglycemic activity in alloxanized rats when compared with diabetic control.

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diabetes ethnobotany health hyperglycemia india medicinal plants medicinal properties mice plant extracts roots tubers

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Pharmaceutical biology

Volume 45 Issue 1 Pagination 18 - 21 ISSN 1388-0209

Publisher

International Society for Horticultural Science

Other Subjects

Chemical constituents of plants; Plant physiology and biochemistry; Animal diseases (physiological); Ayurvedic medicine; Bioassays; Agricultural products (non-food plant); Hypoglycemic agents; Human medicine; And safety; Curculigo orchioides; Plant science (general); Herbal medicines

Language

English

Type

Text; Journal Article

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DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13880200601026259

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