title: Hypogylcemic activity of aqueous extract of some indigenous plants.
abstract: Pakistan is rich in medicinally important plants and has an ancient herbal treatment methods. Our work is based on the study of some indigenous plants which show inhibitory effect of glucose utilization, and are in use as hypoglycemic agent in traditional system of medicine. Gymnema sylvestre, Momordica charantia and Eugenia jumbolana have been shown to possess hypoglycemic activity of varying degree. The results in three different media revealed that, hypoglycemic activity is more prominent in neutral and basic media as compared to acidic medium.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Karachi, Karachi-75270, Pakistan. lab9@gawab.com
authors.forename: Bushra
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: M Saeed
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Arayne
authors.forename: Shaista
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Naz
authors.forename: Naveen
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mukhtar
mesh_terms: D031104:Gymnema sylvestre / Q000737:chemistry*; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology; D029777:Momordica charantia / Q000737:chemistry*; D010154:Pakistan; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology; D018514:Plant Structures / Q000737:chemistry; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry; D027842:Syzygium / Q000737:chemistry*; D014867:Water
chemical_list: D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents; D010936:Plant Extracts; D014867:Water