title: Hypoglycemic activity of jatrorrhizine.
abstract: The hypoglycemic activity and its mechanism of Jatrorrhizine (Jat) were studied. The normal mice and alloxan-induced hyperglycemic mice were given with different doses of Jat. Blood glucose and liver glycogen levels were determined by spectrophotometry with glucose-oxidase and iodine reagents respectively. The levels of blood lactic acid (LC) and liver lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) activity were measured to explore the effect of Jat on anaerobic glycolysis. Succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) activity in liver was measured to evaluate the effect of Jat on aerobic glycolysis in liver. It was found that Jat (50 mg/kg, 100 mg/kg) could significantly decrease blood glucose level in a dose- and time-dependent manner in both normal and alloxan-diabetic mice, increase the activity of SDH, but had no significant effects on the LC level and LDH activity. Jat could significantly reduce the content of liver glycogen in normal mice. Moreover, Jat could inhibit the platelet aggregation in rabbits in vitro in a dose-effect relationship. It was concluded that Jat induced the pronounced decrease in blood glucose in normal and hyperglycemic mice. The hypoglycemic activity of Jat may be attributed to the enhancement of aerobic glycolysis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Benrong
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Qin
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Jizhou
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xiang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001599:Berberine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000378:metabolism*; D006019:Glycolysis / Q000187:drug effects; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000097:blood; D019344:Lactic Acid / Q000097:blood; D008112:Liver Glycogen / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D011817:Rabbits; D013385:Succinate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents; D008112:Liver Glycogen; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; C055785:jatrorrhizine; D001599:Berberine; D019344:Lactic Acid; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase; D013385:Succinate Dehydrogenase