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Article: Hibiscus rosa extract lowers blood glucose in diabetic rats.
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- Diabetes Week
- Article date:
- December 15, 2003
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2003 DEC 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An extract of Hibiscus rosa sinensis lowered blood glucose in diabetic rats.
"Blood glucose and total lipid levels were determined in streptozotocin induced diabetic rats after oral administration of an ethanol flower extract of Hibiscus rosa sinensis. A comparable hypoglycemic effect was evidenced from the data obtained after 7 and 21 days of oral administration of the extract and glibenclamide," scientists writing in the Journal of Ethnopharmacology report.
"Maximal diminution in blood glucose (41-46%) and insulin level (14%) was noticed after 21 days," stated Archana Sachdewa and L. D. Khemani at the ...