Effect of Red Sea sponge extracts on blood glucose levels in normal mice.
The effects of extracts from 6 species of Red Sea sponges at two oral dose levels on blood glucose in normal mice were studied. Most extracts showed a hyperglycemic effect. An ethanol extract of Haliclona virdis showed a significant hypoglycemic effect lasting for more than 8 h after single oral doses of 200 or 500 mg/kg to normal mice.
Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
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D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D011161:Porifera / Q000502:physiology*; D012529:Saudi Arabia; D014020:Tissue Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology*
D001786:Blood Glucose; D014020:Tissue Extracts