Hypoglycemic and hypolipidemic effects of processed Aloe vera gel in a mouse model of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
| Autor: | Hyunyul Kim, Sun Tack Oh, Sungwon Lee, Kyungjae Kim, Chong-Kil Lee, Jeunghak Kwon, Young Ran Lee, Kwanghee Kim, Young Hee Lee, Young In Park, Sun A. Im, Tae Hyung Jo, Hyunseok Kong |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Blood Glucose
Male medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment Pharmaceutical Science Blood sugar Type 2 diabetes Fat pad Mice chemistry.chemical_compound Insulin resistance Oral administration Internal medicine Adipocyte Diabetes mellitus Drug Discovery Adipocytes medicine Animals Hypoglycemic Agents Insulin Obesity Aloe Triglycerides Hypolipidemic Agents Pharmacology business.industry nutritional and metabolic diseases medicine.disease Diet Mice Inbred C57BL Disease Models Animal Endocrinology Adipose Tissue Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 nervous system Complementary and alternative medicine chemistry Molecular Medicine Plant Preparations business Phytotherapy |
| Zdroj: | Phytomedicine. 16:856-863 |
| ISSN: | 0944-7113 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.phymed.2009.02.014 |
| Popis: | The effects of processed Aloe vera gel (PAG) on the course of established diet-induced non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) were studied in C57BL/6J mice. NIDDM was induced in C57BL/6J mice by feeding them a high-fat diet. Mice exhibiting diet-induced obesity (DIO) with blood glucose levels above 180mg/dl were selected to examine the antidiabetic effects of PAG. Oral administration of PAG for 8 weeks reduced circulating blood glucose concentrations to a normal level in these DIO mice. In addition, the administration of PAG significantly decreased plasma insulin. The antidiabetic effects of PAG were also confirmed by intraperitoneal glucose tolerance testing. PAG appeared to lower blood glucose levels by decreasing insulin resistance. The administration of PAG also lowered triacylglyceride levels in liver and plasma. Histological examinations of periepididymal fat pad showed that PAG reduced the average size of adipocytes. These results demonstrate that the oral administration of PAG prevents the progression of NIDDM-related symptoms in high-fat diet-fed mice, and suggest that PAG could be useful for treating NIDDM. |
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