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Treatment of high fat diet induced type 2 diabetes in C57BL/6J mice by two medicinal plants used in traditional treatment of diabetes in the east of Algeria.
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PMID:  21094236     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
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AIM OF THE STUDY: Hydro-alcoholic extracts of Centaurium erythraea Rafn (CE), Gentianaceae and Artemisia herba-alba Asso (AHA), Asteraceae, medicinal plants used in traditional treatment of diabetes in north-eastern Algeria, were tested in established type 2 diabetes induced with a standardized high fat diet (HFD) in mice.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: After confirmation of diabetes (17th week), plant extracts were administered orally by gavage at a dose of 2g/kg daily for 18 weeks to male C57BL/6J mice fed HFD. Animals were weighed, food intake and plasma glucose measured weekly, insulin and lipid profile at study end.
RESULTS: At 35 weeks, groups treated with AHA or CE vs. HFD control had a significant reduction in mean (±SD) fasting blood glucose concentrations (143.8±23.9 and 139.5±14.2 vs. 229.0±20.8mg/dL, p<0.05, respectively), triglyceride (18.9±11.1 and 16.0±6.5 vs. 62.8±18.3mg/dL, p<0.05), total cholesterol (1.2±0.1 and 1.2±0.3 vs. 1.8±1.1g/L, p<0.05) and serum insulin concentrations (1.7±0.7 and 0.9±0.7 vs. 3.3±14.3ng/mL, p<0.05). Plant extracts also markedly reduced insulin resistance as compared to HFD controls (AHA: 15.6±9.1, CE: 9.0±7.7 vs. HFD control 38.5±30.3, p<0.05). The plant extracts decreased calorie intake and had little effect on body weight or HDL-cholesterol.
CONCLUSION: AHA has already been shown to have a antihyperglycaemic and antihyperlipidemic effect but this is the first demonstration of an effect of AHA and CE on established HFD-induced diabetes.
Authors:
Nawel Hamza; Bénédicte Berke; Catherine Cheze; Raphaële Le Garrec; Régis Lassalle; Abdel-Nacer Agli; Philip Robinson; Henri Gin; Nicholas Moore
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2010-11-19
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of ethnopharmacology     Volume:  133     ISSN:  1872-7573     ISO Abbreviation:  J Ethnopharmacol     Publication Date:  2011 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-01-17     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7903310     Medline TA:  J Ethnopharmacol     Country:  Ireland    
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Languages:  eng     Pagination:  931-3     Citation Subset:  IM    
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Copyright © 2010 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
Département de Pharmacologie, Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux, France; Département de Nutrition, INATAA, Université Mentouri de Constantine, Constantine, Algeria.
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