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Journal of Chinese Integrative Medicine ›› 2011, Vol. 9 ›› Issue (5): 570-574.doi: 10.3736/jcim20110517

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Antidiabetic and hypolipidemic activities of Dillenia indica extract in diabetic rats

Sunil Kumar, Vipin Kumar(), Om Prakash   

  1. Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra 136119, Haryana, India
  • Received:2011-01-24 Accepted:2011-02-16 Online:2011-05-20 Published:2011-05-15

Objective: The present study was carried out to investigate the antidiabetic and hypolipidemic activities of bioactive fraction (ethyl acetate fraction) of Dillenia indica methanolic extract in experimental diabetic Wistar rats.
Methods: Type-1 diabetes was induced by single intraperitoneal injection of streptozotocin (60 mg/kg body weight), and type-2 diabetes was induced by single intraperitoneal injection of streptozotocin (60 mg/kg body weight), 15 min after the intraperitoneal injection of 120 mg/kg nicotinamide. The rats were treated by administering graded oral doses of isolated ethyl acetate fraction of methanolic extract of D. indica (DIEE), 200 and 400 mg/kg body weight, respectively, for 21 d. The blood glucose level was estimated at weekly intervals by glucometer. Serum cholesterol, triglycerides and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) were also evaluated in normal and diabetic rats by an autoanalyzer.
Results: In both experimental models, daily oral treatment with DIEE for 21 d resulted in a significant reduction in blood glucose (P<0.01), serum cholesterol (P<0.05) and triglycerides (P<0.05) levels whereas HDL-C level was found to be increased (P<0.05) as compared with the diabetic control group.
Conclusion: DIEE at 400 mg/kg body weight has prominent antidiabetic effect in experimental type-1 and type-2 diabetes models in rats. It may therefore be used as an alternative remedy for the treatment of diabetes mellitus.

Key words: Dilleniaceae, plant extracts, diabetes mellitus, experimental, hypoglycemic agents, antilipemic agents, rats

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