title: [Effects of artemisia capillaris on blood glucose and lipid in mice].
abstract: The effects of Artemisia capillaris Thunb (AC) on blood glucose and lipid in mice were studied and its effective mechanism was explained. The results showed that hyperglycemic effect in aloxan-induced mice was inhibited (P < 0.01); that hyperglycemica in DM mice was decreased (P < 0.05); but the change of fasting blood glucose (FBG) in normal and hyperlipidemia mice was not significant (P < 0.05); that the level of total cholesterol (TC) and/or atherosclerotic index (AI) was decreased (P < 0.01-0.05) and the content of high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) was increased in the above different model mice (P < 0.01-0.05). These results indicated that the AC would have the similar hypoglycemic effect as biguanide-drugs, improve endogenous and exogenous metabolic derangement in blood lipid. These suggest that AC could be used to protect and treat DM and its chronic complication.
authors.affiliation: Guangzhou Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine & Materia Medica, 510130.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Qiu
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000496:Alloxan; D000818:Animals; D019306:Artemisia / Q000737:chemistry*; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000187:drug effects*; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D006949:Hyperlipidemias / Q000188:drug therapy*; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008517:Phytotherapy
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents; D000496:Alloxan; D002784:Cholesterol