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DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-957691
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York
Antidiabetic Effect of Seishin-kanro-to in KK-Ay Mice
Publikationsverlauf
1996
1996
Publikationsdatum:
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.
Key words
Antidiabetic effect - Seishin-kanro-to - oriental traditional medicine - KK-Ay mice - oral glucose tolerance - Anemarrhena asphodeloides - Liliaceae - Rehmannia glutinosa - Scrophulariaceae