title: Hypoglycemic activity of a new carbohydrate isolated from the roots of Psacalium peltatum.
abstract: A new ulopyranose isolated from aqueous extract of roots and rhizomas of Psacalium peltatum has been determined to have hypoglycemic activity at doses of 100 mg/kg, comparable to that of tolbutamide and insulin in alloxan diabetic mice. The skeletal structure of the new compound was established by spectral analysis.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, México.
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Contreras
authors.forename: Rubén
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Román
authors.forename: Cuauhtemoc
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pérez
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Alarcón
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zavala
authors.forename: Salud
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pérez
mesh_terms: D000107:Acetylation; D000818:Animals; D019659:Asteraceae / Q000737:chemistry*; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000737:chemistry; D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D050112:Imino Pyranoses; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000737:chemistry; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000737:chemistry; D016339:Spectrometry, Mass, Fast Atom Bombardment; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D002241:Carbohydrates; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents; D050112:Imino Pyranoses; D010936:Plant Extracts; C506636:petalosa