Evidence based study of antidiabetic potential of C. maxima seeds - In vivo

10.1016/j.jtcme.2016.12.001

Devesh Kumar Kushawaha；Manjulika Yadav；Sanjukta Chatterji；Amrita Kumari Srivastava；Geeta Watal

Cucurbita maxima ； Antidiabetic ； Glucose tolerance test ； Streptozotocin ； Fasting blood glucose

Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine

7卷4期（2017 / 10 / 01）

466 - 470

英文

Objective: In vitro antidiabetic efficacy of Cucurbita maxima seed extract (CMSE) has already been studied in our previous findings. Thus, in order to validate these findings in biological system, in vivo antidiabetic activity of aqueous extract was investigated in normal as well as diabetic experimental models. Methods: Variable doses of extract were administered orally to normal and STZ induced mild diabetic rats during fasting blood glucose (FBG) and glucose tolerance test (GTT) studies. In order to determine the extract's antidiabetic potential long-term FBG and post prandial glucose (PPG) studies were also carried out. Results: Most effective dose of 200 mg kg^(-1) of CMSE decreases the blood glucose level (BGL) in normal rats by 29.02% at 6 h during FBG studies and 23.23% at 3 h during GTT. However, the maximum reduction observed in BGL of mild diabetic rats during GTT the same interval of time was 26.15%. Moreover, in case of severely diabetic rats a significant reduction of 39.33% was observed in FBG levels whereas, in case of positive control, rats treated with 2.5 mg kg^(-1) of glipizide, a fall of 42.9% in FBG levels was observed after 28 days. Results of PPG level also showed a fall of 33.20% in severely diabetic rats as compared to the positive control showing a fall of 44.2% at the end of the 28 days. Conclusion: Thus, the present study validate the hypoglycemic and antidiabetic effect of CMSE and hence this extract could be explored further for developing as a novel antidiabetic agent.

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