title: [Effects of cactus, alove veral, momorcica charantia on reducing the blood glucose of diabetic mice].
abstract: The effects of cactus, alove veral and momorcica charantia on reducing the blood glucose level of mice were observed. The diabetic model with no symptom in mice was established by injection of streptozotocin(STZ) 80 mg/kg BW into abdominal cavity for 11 days. The diabetic mice were randomly divided into 8 groups: STZ diabetic model, diet A, diet B, cactus, alove veral, momordica charantia and glyburide groups. Cactus (60 g/kg BW), alove veral (60 g/kg BW), and momordica charantia (30 g/kg BW) were administrated orally each day to the diabetic mice for another 21 days. Serum glucose of mice fasting for 12 hours and 2 hours after meal was determined with the method of glucose-oxidase at the 21th day of the experiment. The results showed that serum glucose levels of diabetic mice were significantly higher than the normal control group (P < 0.01). After giving diet A, cactus, alove veral and momorcica charantia juice for 21 days, the serum glucose concentration of these diabetic mice were significantly lower than STZ diabetic model group (P < 0.01) but still higher than the normal control group.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutrition & Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100083, China.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Long
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D000504:Aloe; D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D029421:Cactaceae; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000097:blood*; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000494:pharmacology; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D029777:Momordica charantia; D011897:Random Allocation
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents