Hypoglycaemic activity of ethanolic extract of Garcinia mangostana Linn. in normoglycaemic and streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats

• Main Authors: Bakhtiar, M. Taher, Tengku Zakaria, Tengku Muhamad Faris Syafiq, Darnis, Deny Susanti, Zakaria, Zainul Amiruddin
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English; English
• Published: BioMed Central 2016
• Subjects: RS Pharmacy and materia medica
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/50749/1/BMC_2016_mangostin.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/50749/4/50749-Hypoglycaemic_activity_of_ethanolic_extract_SCOPUS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/50749/5/50749-Hypoglycaemic_activity_of_ethanolic_extract_WOS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/50749/; http://bmccomplementalternmed.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12906-016-1118-9

Background Various parts of Garcinia mangostana Linn., including its pericarp, have been traditionally used to treat a variety of ailments. In an attempt to establish its medicinal value, the present study was carried out to determine the hypoglycaemic potential of G. mangostana pericarp ethanolic...