PRELIMINARY PHYTOCHEMISTRY AND ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY OF PORTULACA GRANDIFLORA HOOK PLANT EXTRACT ON STREPTOZOTOCIN-INDUCED DIABETES IN RATS

Authors

  • DEVI M Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Dr. M.G.R. Educational and Research Institute, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
  • KOMAL S Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Dr. M.G.R. Educational and Research Institute, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
  • LOGESHWARI B Department of Pharmacology, K.K. College of Pharmacy, The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22159/ajpcr.2019.v12i12.35216

Keywords:

Diabetes mellitus, Ethanolic extract, Glibenclamide, Blood glucose, Streptozotocin

Abstract

Objective: The present study was aimed to evaluate the antidiabetic activity of ethanolic extract of the whole aerial plant of Portulaca grandiflora Hook on streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rats.

Methods: Experimental diabetes was induced by a single dose of intraperitoneal injection of STZ (150 mg/kg). Adult male Wister albino rats were divided into five groups; normal control, diabetic control, diabetic glibenclamide (5 mg/kg), diabetic P. grandiflora H. extract (200 mg/kg), and diabetic P. grandiflora H. extract (400 mg/kg) for 21 days and analyzed for body weight (BW) and blood glucose.

Results: The STZ-treated diabetic control rats showed a significant increase in blood glucose with a concomitant decrease in BW. Oral administration of P. grandiflora H. extract (200 and 400 mg/kg) and glibenclamide (5 mg/kg) for 21 days showed a significant reduction in blood glucose levels and elevation in the bodyweight studies as compared to control and glibenclamide-treated rats.

Conclusion: The results of the present study showed that a potent antidiabetic activity was present in the aerial part of plant P. grandiflora H. extract.

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07-12-2019

How to Cite

DEVI M, KOMAL S, and LOGESHWARI B. “PRELIMINARY PHYTOCHEMISTRY AND ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY OF PORTULACA GRANDIFLORA HOOK PLANT EXTRACT ON STREPTOZOTOCIN-INDUCED DIABETES IN RATS”. Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research, vol. 12, no. 12, Dec. 2019, pp. 87-90, doi:10.22159/ajpcr.2019.v12i12.35216.

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