Experiment 925218

Details

PropertyValue
Pharmacology
Administration routeORAL
OrganismOpuntia streptacantha (CACTACEAE)
CitationFRATI-MUNARI,AC: VALLE-MARTINEZ,LMD: ARIZA-ANDRACA,CR: ISLAS-ANDRADE,S: CHAVEZ-NEGRETE,A:. (1989). HYPOGLYCEMIC EFFECT OF DIFFERENT DOSES OF NOPAL (OPUNTIA STREPTACANTHA LEMAIRE) IN PATIENTS WITH TYPE II DIABETES MELLITUS.. 20(2)
Amount utilized
Compound isolated
DiseaseEIGHT PATIENTS WITH TYPE II DIABETES MELLITUS WERE STUDIED. FOUR TESTS WERE PERFORMED WITH EACH PATIENT WITH THE INTAKE OF (A) 400 ML OF WATER, (B) 100 GM, (C) 300 GM AND (D) 500 GM OF STEM EXTRACT. SERUM GLUCOSE WAS MEASURED AT 0, 60, 120 AND 180 MINUTES. MAXIMUM SERUM GLUCOSE LEVELS WAS OBSERVED AT 180 MINUTES (BEST ACTIVITY WAS 46.7 MG/DL DROP IN BLOOD GLUCOSE WITH THE 500 GM DOSE).
Dose amount500.0 GM
Number1
Qualitative resultACTIVE
AnimalHUMAN ADULT
Per unitPERSON
Dose expressionDOSE
ExtractDECOCTION