Insulin-independent Hypoglycemic Effects of Combined Hydroalcoholic Extract of Medicinal Plants Capparis spinosa Root, Nerium oleander Leaf, Aloe vera Gel, Daucus carota Seed and Apium graveolens Seed in Normal and Streptozotocin-induced Diabetic Rats
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Background And Objectives
Use of non-chemical treatments (medicinal plants) is a novel approach in the treatment of diabetes. This study was conducted with the aim of determining the effect of combined hydroalcoholic extract of medicinal plants on the treatment of diabetes in normal and diabetic male rats and its comparison with the effect of glibenclamide.
Methods
Thirty-six male rats were randomly divided into six groups: normal control (NC)، diabetic control (DC)، diabetic rats received the plant extract at a dose of 0. 2g/Kg (D0. 2) and 0. 4g/kg (D0. 4)، and normal rats received 0. 2g/kg plant extract (N0. 2). The induction of diabetes was performed by intraperitoneal injection of a single dose of 60mg/kg of streptozotocin. Glucose level and weight were measured after injection of streptozotocin and 4-week gavage، and the insulin level was measured only at the end of the 5th week. Data were analyzed using one-way ANOVA and Tukey’s test. The significance level was considered to be p<0. 05.
Results
The blood glucose level in D0. 2 group was significantly decreased (p<0. 005) from the third to fifth week، as compared to DC group. However، the decrease in D0. 4 group was only significantly observed during the last week of the study (p<0. 01). In the DG group، in comparison with the DC group، the glucose level decreased during the third (p<0. 005)، fourth and fifth weeks (p=0. 001). No changes were observed in the insulin level in groups treated with the extract (p>0. 05 DC vs. D0. 4، D0. 2)، but in DG group، a significant increase (p<0. 05) was observed، as compared with DC group.
Conclusion
The studied combined extract of medicinal plants has hypoglycemic effects in diabetic rats، which this combination has better effect in lower doses، but the mechanism of these effects is accomplished through increasing insulin levels.
Language:
Persian
Published:
Qom University of Medical Sciences Journal, Volume:8 Issue: 5, 2015
Pages:
65 to 72
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