Formulation of Okra-Based Antidiabetic Nutraceutical from Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench (Ex-maradi Variety) and Evaluation of its Effect on Alloxan-induced Diabetic Rats
Journal Title: International Journal of Current Research and Review - Year 2018, Vol 10, Issue 17
Abstract
Following our report on the development of okra-based antidiabetic nutraceutical formulation and the establishment that 10:90 % (Seeds: Peels) is the formulation with optimal antidiabetic and antioxidant properties in-vitro; this study evaluated in-vivo antidiabetic effects of the developed formulation in alloxan induced diabetic rats. Diabetes was induced by intra-peritoneal administration of a single dose (150 mg/kg body weight) of Alloxan. The rats were randomly divided into five groups of six rats each. The Normal Control (NC) and the Diabetic Control (DC) groups were orally treated with normal saline (10 ml/kg); the Metformin Control (MC) group was orally treated with Metformin (100 mg/kg) while the Test groups (FX1) and (FX2) were orally treated with 100 and 200 mg/Kg body weight of the formulation respectively. All the groups were treated for 21 days. The effects of the treatments on blood glucose level, glycated hemoglobin and lipid profile parameters were studied for the antidiabetic evaluation. Administration of FX1 and FX2 to the respective test groups for 21 days resulted in significant (P<0.05) reduction in blood glucose level, glycated hemoglobin and improvement on Lipid profile compared with the diabetic control (DC) group. Based on these findings, the study demonstrated the efficacy of the Okra-based nutraceutical formulation as a potent antidiabetic formula..
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Abbas A. Y.
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- EP ID EP538615
- DOI 10.31782/IJCRR.2018.10173
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