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ArticleBioMed research international2014

Antidiabetic activity of Artemisia amygdalina Decne in streptozotocin induced diabetic rats.

Khalid Ghazanfar, Bashir A Ganai, Seema Akbar, Khan Mubashir, Showkat Ahmad Dar, Mohammad Younis Dar, Mudasir A Tantry

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Khalid GhazanfarDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Kashmir, Srinagar 190 006, India ; Drug Standardisation Research Unit, Regional Research Institute of Unani Medicine (CCRUM), University of Kashmir, Naseem Bagh, Srinagar 190 006, India.ORCID 0000-0001-5323-6269
Bashir A GanaiDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Kashmir, Srinagar 190 006, India.
Seema AkbarDrug Standardisation Research Unit, Regional Research Institute of Unani Medicine (CCRUM), University of Kashmir, Naseem Bagh, Srinagar 190 006, India.
Khan MubashirDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Kashmir, Srinagar 190 006, India.
Showkat Ahmad DarDrug Standardisation Research Unit, Regional Research Institute of Unani Medicine (CCRUM), University of Kashmir, Naseem Bagh, Srinagar 190 006, India.
Mohammad Younis DarDrug Standardisation Research Unit, Regional Research Institute of Unani Medicine (CCRUM), University of Kashmir, Naseem Bagh, Srinagar 190 006, India.
Mudasir A TantryCentre of Research for Development, University of Kashmir, Srinagar 190 006, India.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Artemisia species have been extensively used for the management of diabetes in folklore medicine. The current study was designed to investigate the antidiabetic and antihyperlipidemic effects of Artemisia amygdalina. Petroleum ether, ethyl acetate, methanol, and hydroethanolic extracts of Artemisia amygdalina were tested for their antidiabetic potentials in diabetic rats. The effect of extracts was observed by checking the biochemical, physiological, and histopathological parameters in diabetic rats. The hydroethanolic and methanolic extracts each at doses of 250 and 500 mg/kg b. w significantly reduced glucose levels in diabetic rats. The other biochemical parameters like cholesterol, triglycerides, low density lipoproteins (LDL), serum creatinine, serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase (SGPT), serum glutamate oxaloacetate transaminase (SGOT), and alkaline phosphatise (ALP), were found to be reduced by the hydroethanolic and methanolic extracts. The extracts also showed reduction in the feed and water consumption of diabetic rats when compared with the diabetic control. The histopathological results of treated groups showed the regenerative/protective effect on β -cells of pancreas in diabetic rats. The current study revealed the antidiabetic potential of Artemisia amygdalina being effective in hyperglycemia and that it can effectively protect against other metabolic aberrations caused by diabetes in rats, which seems to validate its therapeutic traditional use.

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AnimalsArtemisiaBlood GlucoseBlood ProteinsDiabetes Mellitus, ExperimentalHypoglycemic AgentsInsulin-Secreting CellsPlant ExtractsRatsRats, WistarRegenerationBlood GlucoseBlood ProteinsHypoglycemic AgentsPlant Extracts

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