In vitro callus and in vivo leaf extract of Gymnema sylvestre stimulate β-cells regeneration and anti-diabetic activity in Wistar rats.
A methanol extract of Gymnema sylvestre leaf and callus showed anti-diabetic activities through regenerating β-cells. Optimum callus was developed under stress conditions of blue light with 2,4-D (1.5 mg/l) and KN (0.5 mg/l), which induced maximum biomass of green compact callus at 45 days, as determined by growth curve analysis. Leaf and optimum callus extracts contains gymnemic acid, which was analyzed using TLC, HPTLC and HPLC methods. The research reported here deals with leaf and callus extracts of G. sylvestre, which significantly increase the weight of the whole body, liver, pancreas and liver glycogen content in alloxan-induced diabetic rats (Wistar rats). The gymnemic acid of leaf and callus extracts significantly increases the regeneration of β-cells in treated rats, when compared with the standard diabetic rats. It could have potential as a pharmaceutical drug for insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM).
Department of Plant Science, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli 620024, Tamil Nadu, India. dr.bakrudeenaliahmed@yahoo.co.in
A Bakrudeen Ali
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Ahmed
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Rao
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Rao
D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006003:Glycogen / Q000378:metabolism; D031104:Gymnema sylvestre; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D050417:Insulin-Secreting Cells / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size / Q000187:drug effects; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D018515:Plant Leaves; D058439:Plant Somatic Embryogenesis Techniques; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012038:Regeneration / Q000187:drug effects*
D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents; D010936:Plant Extracts; D006003:Glycogen