In vivo antidiabetic and acute toxicity of spray-dried Vernonia amygdalina water extract

• Main Authors: Yeap, Swee Keong, Liang, Woon San, Beh, Boon Kee, Ho, Wan Yong, Noaman, Yousr Abdulhadi, Mohammed Alitheen, Noorjahan Banu
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Food Science and Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2013
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/41060/1/In%20vivo%20antidiabetic%20and%20acute%20toxicity%20of%20spray-dried%20Vernonia%20amygdalina%20water%20extract%20%28p613-616%29.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/41060/; http://www.ifrj.upm.edu.my/20%20%2802%29%202013/15%20IFRJ%2020%20%2802%29%202013%20Noorjahan.pdf

The spray-dried Vernonia amygdalina water extract was evaluated for antidiabetic effect using normoglycaemic, glucose induced hyperglycaemic and streptozotocin induced diabetic mice. This effect was compared with an oral dose of Momordica charantia. Besides, acute toxicity of the extract was also ev...