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ArticlePharmacognosy research2013

Insulin secretion enhancing activity of roselle calyx extract in normal and streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats.

Eamruthai Wisetmuen, Patchareewan Pannangpetch, Bunkerd Kongyingyoes, Upa Kukongviriyapan, Wiboonchai Yutanawiboonchai, Arunporn Itharat

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Article in Pharmacognosy research, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Eamruthai WisetmuenDepartment of Pharmacology, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand.
Patchareewan Pannangpetch
Bunkerd Kongyingyoes
Upa Kukongviriyapan
Wiboonchai Yutanawiboonchai
Arunporn Itharat
Khon Kaen University · THThammasat University · TH

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

objectiveOur recent study revealed the antihyperglycemic activity of an ethanolic extract of roselle calyxes (Hibiscus sabdariffa) in diabetic rats. The present study had, therefore, an objective to investigate the mechanism underlying this activity. MATERIALS AND

methodsMale Sprague Dawley rats were induced to be diabetes by intraperitoneal injection of 45 mg/kg streptozotocin (STZ). Normal rats as well as diabetic rats were administered with the ethanolic extract of H. sabdariffa calyxes (HS-EE) at 0.1 and 1.0 g/kg/day, respectively, for 6 weeks. Then, blood glucose and insulin levels, at basal and glucose-stimulated secretions, were measured. The pancreas was dissected to examine histologically.

resultsHS-EE 1.0 g/kg/day significantly decreased the blood glucose level by 38 ± 12% in diabetic rats but not in normal rats. In normal rats, treatment with 1.0 g/kg HS-EE increased the basal insulin level significantly as compared with control normal rats (1.28 ± 0.25 and 0.55 ± 0.05 ng/ml, respectively). Interestingly, diabetic rats treated with 1.0 g/kg HS-EE also showed a significant increase in basal insulin level as compared with the control diabetic rats (0.30 ± 0.05 and 0.15 ± 0.01 ng/ml, respectively). Concerning microscopic histological examination, HS-EE 1.0 g/kg significantly increased the number of islets of Langerhans in both normal rats (1.2 ± 0.1 and 2.0 ± 0.1 islet number/10 low-power fields (LPF) for control and HS-EE treated group, respectively) and diabetic rats (1.0 ± 0.3 and 3.9 ± 0.6 islet number/10 LPF for control and HS-EE treated group, respectively).

conclusionThe antidiabetic activity of HS-EE may be partially mediated via the stimulating effect on insulin secretion.

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Antihyperglycemic activityinsulin secretionpancreasroselle

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PMID23798879
PMCPMC3685766
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