Experiment 571158
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Trigonella foenum-graecum (FABACEAE) |
| Citation | SHARMA,RD: SARKAR,A: HAZRA,D: MIEHRA,B: SINGH,JB: SHARMA,SK: MAHESHWARI,BB: MAHESHWARI,PK:. (1996). USE OF FENUGREEK SEED POWDER IN THE MANAGEMENT OF NON-INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS.. 16(8) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | HYPOGLYCEMIC EFFECT OF FENUGREEK SEED POWDER (TRIGONELLA TOENUM GRAECUM) WAS STUDIED IN 60 NON-INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETIC PATIENTS. A PRESCRIED DIET WITH AND WITHOUT FENUGREEK SEED POWDER WAS GIVEN TO PATIENTS FOR 7 DAYS OF A CONTROL PEROID AND FOR 24 WEEKS OF THE EXPERIMENTAL PEROID. DURING THE EXPERIMENTAL PEROID TWENTY FIVE GRAMS OF FENUGREEK SEED POWDER DIVIDED INTO TWO EQUAL DOSES WAS ADDED TO THE DIET AND SERVED DURING LUNCH AND DINNER. DIET CONTAINING FENUGREEK SEED POWDER LOWERED FASTING BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS AND IMPROVED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE. INSULIN LEVELS WERE ALSO DIMINISHED. TWENTY FOUR HOUR URINARY SUGAR EXCRETION WAS REDUCED SIGNIFICANTLY (P<0.001). GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN MEASURED AT THE END OF THE 8TH WEEK OF FENUGREEK SEED POWDER ADMINISTRATION WAS REDUCED SIGNIFICANTLY (P<0.001). THIS SHOWS THAT FEEDING FENUGREEK SEED POWDER IS BENEFICIAL TO DIABETIC SUBJECTS. |
| Dose amount | 25.0 GM |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | DAY |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | SEEDS |
| Gender | GIVEN TO BOTH SEXES |