Experiment 918926
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | IP |
| Organism | Momordica charantia (CUCURBITACEAE) |
| Citation | BAILEY,CJ: DAY,C: TURNER,SL: LEATHERDALE,BA:. (1985). CERASEE, A TRADITIONAL TREATMENT FOR DIABETES. STUDIES IN NORMAL AND STREPTOZOTOCIN DUABETIC MICE.. 2() |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | 1.0 ML OF EXTRACT WAS EQUIVALENT TO 10 GM OF DRIED PLANT MATERIAL. RESULTS ARE BASED ON A GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST. A SINGLE DOSE OF EXTRACT WAS GIVEN AND GLUCOSDE AND INSULIN LEVELS WERE MEASURED AT 2,4,8,8.5 AND 9 HOURS. FOLLOWING A SINGLE DOSE OF THE EXTRACT, BASAL PLASMA GLUCOSE CONCENTRATIONS WERE REDUCED AFTER 4 AND 8 HOURS. GLUCOSE TOLERANCE WAS ALSO IMPROVED 8 HR AFTER DOSING. PLASMA INSULIN LEVELS WERE UNAFFECTED BY THE EXTRACT. |
| Dose amount | 0.3 ML |
| Number | 3 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | MOUSE |
| Per unit | ANIMAL |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | DECOCTION |
| Gender | MALE |