title: Antidiabetic effect of nitobegiku in KK-Ay diabetic mice.
abstract: In the past, nitobegiku (the herb of Tithonia diversifolia (Hemsl) A. Gray) has been used as a medicinal plant for diabetes. Antidiabetic effect of the water extract of Nitobegiku (NG) was investigated in KK-Ay-mice--one of the animal models of type 2 diabetes. NG (1,500 mg/kg body weight) reduced the blood glucose of KK-Ay mice from 509 +/- 22 mg/dl to 340 +/- 14 mg/dl (p < 0.001) and also lowered the plasma insulin (p < 0.05) 7 hours after single oral administration. No change in blood glucose of NG-treated normal mice (ddY) was seen. These results support that NG improve glucose metabolism by reducing insulin resistance. Therefore, NG may be useful for treatment of type 2 diabetes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Nutrition, Suzuka University of Medical Science, Mie, Japan.
authors.forename: Toshihiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miura
authors.forename: Ko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Furuta
authors.forename: Akiyo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yasuda
authors.forename: Naoki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Iwamoto
authors.forename: Motoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: Eriko
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ishihara
authors.forename: Torao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ishida
authors.forename: Keiichiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tanigawa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000235:genetics*; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005951:Glucose Tolerance Test; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents; D007328:Insulin; C469787:nitobegiku