title: Hypoglycemic activity of Artemisia herba alba.
abstract: Artemisia herba alba has been widely used in Iraqi folk medicine for the treatment of diabetes mellitus. Oral administration of an aqueous extract (0.39 g/kg) of the aerial parts of this plant to normoglycemic and to alloxan-diabetic rabbits produced significant hypoglycemic activity, which was consistent and time-dependent.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacognosy and Pharmacology, Biological Research Centre, Baghdad, Iraq.
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Twaij
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Al-Badr
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000188:drug therapy*; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents; D007493:Iraq; D008297:Male; D008519:Medicine, Traditional; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000633:toxicity; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D011817:Rabbits
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents; D010936:Plant Extracts