Experiment 1002534

Details

PropertyValue
Pharmacology
Administration routeGASTRIC INTUBATION
OrganismCapsicum annuum (SOLANACEAE)
CitationMONSEREENUSORN,Y:. (1980). EFFECT OF CAPSICUM ANNUUM ON BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVEL IN RAT.. 1980()
Amount utilized
Compound isolated
DiseaseFASTING BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS MEASURED PEAK BLOOD GLUCOSE DECREASED BY 32.2% AFTER DOSING WITH THE EXTRACT. SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION OF INTRACARDIAC GLUCOSE TOLERANCE CURVE AT 30 AND 45 MINUTES BY 14% (P=LESS THAN 0.02) AND 8.7%(P=LESS THAN 0.05) RESPECTIVELY. THESE RESULTS SUGGEST THAT THE LOWERING OF BLOOD GLUCOSE CONCENTRATIONS PRODUCED BY CAPSICUM MAY INVOLVE BOTH THE INHIBITION OF INTESTINAL GLUCOSE TRANSPORT AND ITS ACTION UPON THE SYSTEMIC GLUCOSE METABOLISM,PROBABLY IN THE LIVER.
Dose amount500.0 MG
Number1
Qualitative resultACTIVE
AnimalRAT
Per unitKG
Dose expressionDOSE
ExtractTYPE EXT NOT STATED