The juice of fresh leaves of Catharanthus roseus Linn. reduces blood glucose in normal and alloxan diabetic rabbits

Nammi, Srinivas; K. Boini, Murthy; D Lodagala, Srinivas; Babu S Behara, Ravindra

doi:10.1186/1472-6882-3-4

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The juice of fresh leaves of Catharanthus roseus Linn. reduces blood glucose in normal and alloxan diabetic rabbits

Published in BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine • Sep 2, 2003

Authors:

Srinivas Nammi

Murthy K. Boini

Srinivas D Lodagala

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The leaf juice or water decoction of Catharanthus roseus L. (Apocyanaceae) is used as a folk medicine for the treatment of diabetes all over the world. In the present investigation, the leaf juice of C. roseus has been evaluated for its hypoglycemic activity in normal and alloxan-induced...

Subject

Catharanthus roseus

Alloxan

Medicine

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