Persistence of acidosis in alloxan-induced diabetic rats treated with the juice of Asystasia gangetica leaves
Diabetes mellitus is gradually becoming a global health burden leading to an increase in the search for herbal hypoglycemic agents as alternatives to synthetic ones. Asystasia gangetica is one of the herbs used in folklore system of medicine for managing hypoglycaemia associated with diabetes.The influence of the juice of A. gangetica leaf on alloxan-induced diabetic rats was assessed by...
Published at Pharmacognosy Magazine
Volume 7
Issue 25
Pages 25-30
Published in 2011
Solomon O. Rotimi, Omolola E. Omotosho, and Oluwakemi A. Rotimi