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Planta Med 1985; 51(3): 258-260
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-969473
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Isolation and Hypoglycemic Activity of Saccharans A, B, C, D, E and F, Glycans of Saccharum officinarum Stalks1

Michiko Takahashi, Chohachi Konno, Hiroshi Hikino
  • Pharmaceutical Institute, Tohoku University, Aoba-yama, Sendai 980, Japan
1 Antidiabetes drugs, Part 10. Also Part 92 in the series on the validity of the Oriental medicines
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1985

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26 February 2007 (online)

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Abstract

A non-sucrose portion of the juice from the stalks of Saccharum officinarum prominently diminished blood sugar level in mice. Activity-guided fractionation of this portion yielded six glycans, saccharans A, B, C, D, E and F. These glycans exerted remarkable hypoglycemic actions in normal and alloxan-produced hyperglycemic mice.

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