title: Hypoglycemic effects of the wood of Taxus yunnanensis on streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats and its active components.
abstract: Hypoglycemic effects of the H(2)O and MeOH extracts of the wood of Taxus yunnanensis were examined in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rats. The H(2)O extract significantly lowered the fasting blood glucose level by 33.7% at a 100mg/kg dose on intraperitoneal administration. From the active H(2)O extract of the wood, three lignans, i.e., isotaxiresinol (1), secoisolariciresinol (2) and taxiresinol (3), were isolated as major components. These lignans were further tested for their hypoglycemic effects on the same experimental model. At a dose of 100mg/kg (i.p.), isotaxiresinol (1) reduced the fasting blood glucose level of diabetic rats by 34.5%, while secoisolariciresinol (2) and taxiresinol (3) reduced by 33.4% and 20.9%, respectively. The blood glucose lowering effects of 1 and 2 were stronger than the mixture of tolbutamide (200mg/kg) and buformin (1mg/kg) used as a positive control, which lowered fasting blood glucose level by 24.0%.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Natural Medicine, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, 2630-Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan.
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Banskota
authors.forename: N T
authors.initials: NT
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tezuka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nobukawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kadota
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D002072:Butylene Glycols / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005663:Furans / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D007003:Hypoglycemia / Q000139:chemically induced; D017705:Lignans / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D020946:Taxus / Q000737:chemistry*; D014934:Wood
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D002072:Butylene Glycols; D005663:Furans; D017705:Lignans; D010936:Plant Extracts; C508339:isotaxiresinol; C483062:taxiresinol; C060283:secoisolariciresinol