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ArticleJournal of traditional and complementary medicine2016

Blood glucose level and lipid profile of alloxan-induced hyperglycemic rats treated with single and combinatorial herbal formulations.

Okey A Ojiako, Paul C Chikezie, Agomuo C Ogbuji

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Article in Journal of traditional and complementary medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 55 citations in OpenAlex.

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3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Okey A OjiakoDepartment of Biochemistry, Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Nigeria.
Paul C ChikezieDepartment of Biochemistry, Imo State University, Owerri, Nigeria.
Agomuo C OgbujiDepartment of Food Science and Technology, Abia State Polytechnic, Aba, Nigeria.
Abia State University · NGFederal University of Technology Owerri · NGImo State University · NG

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The current study sought to investigate the capacities of single and combinatorial herbal formulations of leaf extracts of Acanthus montanus, Asystasia gangetica, Emilia coccinea, and Hibiscus rosasinensis to reverse hyperglycemia and dyslipidemia in alloxan-induced diabetic male rats. Phytochemical composition of the herbal extracts, fasting plasma glucose concentration (FPGC), and serum lipid profile (SLP) of the rats were measured by standard methods. The relative abundance of phytochemicals in the four experimental leaf extracts was in the following order: flavonoids > alkaloids > saponins > tannins. Hyperglycemic rats (HyGR) treated with single and combinatorial herbal formulations showed evidence of reduced FPGC compared with the untreated HyGR and were normoglycemic (FPGC < 110.0 mg/dL). Similarly, HyGR treated with single and combinatorial herbal formulations showed evidence of readjustments in their SLPs. Generally, HyGR treated with triple herbal formulations (THfs) exhibited the highest atherogenic index compared with HyGR treated with single herbal formulations (SHfs), double herbal formulations (DHfs), and quadruple herbal formulation (QHf). The display of synergy or antagonism by the composite herbal extracts in ameliorating hyperglycemia and dyslipidemia depended on the type and number of individual herbal extract used in constituting the experimental herbal formulations. Furthermore, the capacities of the herbal formulations (SHfs, DHfs, THfs, and QHf) to exert glycemic control and reverse dyslipidemia did not follow predictable patterns in the animal models.

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Diabetes mellitusDyslipidemiaHerbal formulationsHyperglycemiaPhytochemicals

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