Hypogylcemic activity of aqueous extract of some indigenous plants.
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.
Khan
Bushra
B
Department of Chemistry, University of Karachi, Karachi-75270, Pakistan. lab9@gawab.com
Arayne
M Saeed
MS
Naz
Shaista
S
Mukhtar
Naveen
N
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
D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents; D010936:Plant Extracts; D014867:Water