| Autor: |
Husaina Anchau Garba, Aminu Mohammed, Mohammed Auwal Ibrahim, Mohammed Nasir Shuaibu |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2020 |
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| Zdroj: |
Clinical Phytoscience, Vol 6, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2020) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2199-1197 |
| DOI: |
10.1186/s40816-020-00167-y |
| Popis: |
Abstract Background Lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus Stapf) tea is a widely consumed beverage for nourishment and the remedy of diabetes mellitus (DM) in Africa locally. The aim of the present study was to investigate the antidiabetic action of lemongrass tea (LGT) in a type 2 diabetes (T2D) model of rats. Methods The fructose-streptozotocin (STZ) animal model for T2D was used and the LGT was prepared by boiling for 10 min in water, allowed to cool and administered at 0.25 or 0.5% (ad libitum), for 4 weeks to the T2D rats. Results The LGT showed higher phytochemical contents compared to the cold-water extract. The diabetic untreated animals exhibited significantly (p |
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