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Antihyperglycemic and hypolipidemic effects of Costus speciosus in alloxan induced diabetic rats
Author(s) -
Bavarva Jasmin H.,
Narasimhacharya A. V. R. L.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
phytotherapy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.019
H-Index - 129
eISSN - 1099-1573
pISSN - 0951-418X
DOI - 10.1002/ptr.2302
Subject(s) - glibenclamide , alloxan , antioxidant , diabetes mellitus , triglyceride , hyperlipidemia , medicine , lipid metabolism , carbohydrate metabolism , glycogenesis , endocrinology , cholesterol , chemistry , pharmacology , traditional medicine , glycogen , biochemistry , glycogen synthase
Hyperglycemia, abnormal lipid and antioxidant profiles are the most usual complications in diabetes mellitus. In the present study, the antihyperglycemic, antihyperlipemic and antioxidant potency of an ethanol extract of Costus speciosus root was investigated in alloxan‐induced diabetic male (Charles Foster) rats. Four groups of alloxan diabetic rats ( n = 6) were administered orally with different doses of Costus speciosus root extract (150, 300 and 450 mg/kg BW) and a standard drug, glibenclamide (600 µg/kg BW), for 4 weeks. Two groups of rats ( n = 6) served as normal and diabetic controls. While the diabetic controls showed significant abnormal carbohydrate, lipid and antioxidant profiles, administration of 150 mg/kg BW dose neither improved glucose nor lipid metabolism and antioxidant levels. Administration of 300 and 450 mg/kg BW doses, however, resulted in a reversal of diabetes and its complications. Both doses significantly brought down blood glucose concentration (26.76%, 34.68%), increased glycogenesis and decreased glyconeogenesis bringing the glucose metabolism toward normalcy. These doses also reversed the hyperlipidemia by reducing plasma total lipid (12.87%, 178.24%), cholesterol (21.92%, 30.77%) and triglyceride (25.32%, 33.99%) and improved hepatic antioxidant enzyme activities. The high dose (450 mg/kg BW) was found to have more potential antioxidant activities compared with glibenclamide. It is concluded that Costus speciosus root extract possesses anti‐hyperglycemic, antihyperlipemic and antioxidative effects, which may prove to be of clinical importance in the management of diabetes and its complications. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.