Experiment 928414
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Gymnema sylvestre (ASCLEPIADACEAE) |
| Citation | BASKARAN,K: AHAMATH,BK: SHANMUGASUNDARAM KR: SHANMUGASUNDARAM,ERB:. (1990). ANTIDIABETIC EFFECT OF A LEAF EXTRACT FROM GYMNEMA SYLVESTRE IN NON-INSULIN-DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS PATIENTS.. 30(3) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | AN EXTRACT, DESIGNATED AS GS4, WAS INVESTIGATED IN 22 TYPE 2 DIABETIC PATIENTS ON CONVENTIONAL ORAL ANTI-HYPERGLYCEMIC AGENTS. GS4 WAS ADMINISTERED DAILY FOR 18-20 MONTHS AS A SUPPLEMENT TO THE CONVENTIONAL ORAL DRUGS. PATIENTS SHOWED A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN BLOOD GLUCOSE, GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN AND GLYCOSYLATED PLASMA PROTEINS AND CONVENTIONAL DRUG THERAPY COULD BE REDUCED. FIVE OF THE 22 SUBJECTS WERE ABLE TO DISCONTINUE THEIR CONVENTIONAL DRUG AND MAINTAIN THEIR BLOOD GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS WITH GS4 ALONE. THESE DATA SUGGEST THAT THE BETA CELLS MAY BE REGENERATED/REPAIRED IN TYPE 2 DIABETICS ON GS4 SUPPLEMENTATION. THIS IS SUPPORTED BY THE APPEARANCE OF RAISED INSULIN LEVELS IN THE SERUM OF PATIENTS AFTER GS4 SUPPLEMENTATION. |
| Dose amount | 400.0 MG |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | PERSON |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | ETOH(95%)EXT |