Metabolic alteration in obese diabetes rats upon treatment with Centella asiatica extract

• Main Authors: Maulidiani, H, Abas, Faridah, Khatib, Alfi, Perumal, Vikneswari, Suppaiah, V, Ismail, A, Hamid, M, Shaari, Khozirah, Lajis, NH
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ireland Ltd 2016
• Subjects: QD Chemistry
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/49628/1/maulidiani_et_al_2016_JE.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/49628/; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378874116300034

Ethnopharmacological relevance ‘Pegaga’ is a traditional Malay remedy for a wide range of complaints. Among the 'pegaga’, Centella asiatica has been used as a remedy for diabetes mellitus. Thus, we decided to validate this claim by evaluating the in vivo antidiabetic property of C. asiatica...