title: Hypoglycemic effect of the rhizomes of Smilax glabra in normal and diabetic mice.
abstract: The hypoglycemic effect of the rhizomes of Smilax glabra ROXBURGH (Liliaceae) was investigated in normal and KK-Ay mice, one of the animal models of non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) with hyperinsulinemia. The methanol extract of rhizomes of Smilax glabra ROXBURGH (SM, 100 mg/kg body weight) reduced the blood glucose of normal mice 4 h after intraperitoneal administration (p<0.05), and also significantly lowered the blood glucose of KK-Ay mice under similar conditions (p<0.001). However, SM did not affect the blood glucose in streptozotocin-induced diabetic mice, one of the animal models of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) with hypoinsulinemia. SM also suppressed epinephrine-induced hyperglycemia in mice. SM-treated KK-Ay mice significantly decreased the blood glucose in an insulin tolerance test. We concluded that the hypoglycemic effect of SM raised insulin sensitivity.
authors.affiliation: Mayado Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Tamatsu-cho, Nishi-ku, Kobe, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fukunaga
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Furuta
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kato
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004837:Epinephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D005951:Glucose Tolerance Test; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D013311:Streptozocin
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents; D013311:Streptozocin; D004837:Epinephrine