Open AccessEvaluation of glucose utilization capacity of bioactivity-guided fractions of Barleria prionitis Linn and Hyptis suaveolens (L.) Poit in isolated rat hemidiaphragm
Author(s) -
Azmath Unnisa Begum,
Sama Venkatesh,
Jaya Prakash,
Ravi Alvala
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
ayu
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0976-9382
pISSN - 0974-8520
DOI - 10.4103/ayu.ayu_198_15
Subject(s) - chemistry , petroleum ether , maceration (sewage) , glucose uptake , diabetes mellitus , traditional medicine , food science , chromatography , insulin , biology , medicine , extraction (chemistry) , microbiology and biotechnology , endocrinology , materials science , composite material
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a chronic disease characterized by high blood glucose levels due to absolute or relative circulating insulin levels. Plants represent a major potential source of drugs for treating diabetes. The study of plants having antidiabetic activity may give a new approach in the treatment of DM.