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Article: Caesalpinia bonducella lowers blood glucose in 2 diabetes animal models.(Brief Article)
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- Diabetes Week
- Article date:
- March 10, 2003
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2003 MAR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Caesalpinia bonducella had hypoglycemic effects in models of type 1 and 2 diabetes in Long Evans rats.
According to a study from India and Bangladesh, "Caesalpinia bonducella, widely distributed throughout the coastal region of India and used ethnically by the tribal people of India for controlling blood sugar was earlier reported by us to possess hypoglycemic activity in animal model. This prompted us to undertake a detail study with the aqueous and ethanolic extracts of the seeds of this plant in both type 1 and 2 diabetes mellitus in Long Evans rats."
"Significant blood sugar lowering effect (p
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