Planta Med 1997; 63(4): 320-322
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-957691
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Antidiabetic Effect of Seishin-kanro-to in KK-Ay Mice

Toshihiro Miura1 , Mami Kako1 , Eriko Ishihara1 , Masaru Usami1 , Hideki Yano1 , Keiichiro Tanigawa1 , Kazuhiko Sudo3 , Yutaka Seino2
  • 1Suzuka University of Medical Science and Technology, 1001-1 Kishioka, Suzuka, Mie 510-02, Japan
  • 2Department of Metabolism and Clinical Nutrition, Kyoto University School of Medicine, 54 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606, Japan
  • 3Tsumura Co., 2 Rokubancho Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 102, Japan
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1996

1996

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04. Januar 2007 (online)

Abstract

The hypoglycemic effect of Seishin-kanro-to (SK) was investigated in KK-Ay mice, one of the non-insulin dependent diabetic mellitus types. SK (1700 mg/kg) reduced the blood glucose of KK-Ay mice from 557 ± 17 to 383 ± 36 mg/100 ml 7 hours after single oral administration (P < 0.001). SK also decreased the blood glucose and improved glucose tolerance 5 weeks after repeated administration in KK-Ay mice. These results support, therefore, the use of SK in patients with diabetes and confirm its role as a traditional medicine. In addition, the active plants of SK were identified as the rhizome of Anemarrhena asphodeloides Bunge and the radix of Rehmannia glutinosa Liboschitz.