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- Title
Development and Characterisation of Fig (Ficus carica) Leaves Tea with Special Reference to Hypoglycemic Effect.
- Authors
Gillani, Maham; Iftikhar, Hira; Pasha, Imran; Lodhi, Asma
- Abstract
The leaves of Ficus carica (Fig) possess wide range of biologieal activities and are used to treat diabetes and its complications. The aim of the study was to evaluate the hyperglycemic and antioxidant effect of tea of Ficus carica leaves on normal and hyperglycemic rats. Effect of fig leaves tea was investigated on blood glucose level, daily food intake, daily water intake, body weight gain and its effect with insulin. Insulin was administered intravenously. Fig leaves tea was orally administered to four group of rats. Oral administration of fig leaves tea for 15 days exhibited a significant hypoglycemic effect in hyperglycemic rats at different times of a day. Highest hypoglycemic effect of tea was observed at 3 h which shows that leaves of Ficus carica possess significant short term hypoglycemic effect and not so significant long term hypoglycemic effect. When comparison was made between two insulin treatments (10U and 5U insulin) with lmL Ficus carica tea, no significant difference was observed with these two doses, which means that when given in combination of fig leaves tea even 50% decrease of dose of insulin did not produce significant difference in blood glucose level.
- Subjects
FIG varieties; FIG growing; PHYSIOLOGICAL effects of hypoglycemic agents; ANTIOXIDANTS; BLOOD sugar
- Publication
Pakistan Journal of Scientific & Industrial Research Series B: Biological Sciences, 2018, Vol 61, Issue 2, p78
- ISSN
2221-6421
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.52763/pjsir.biol.sci.61.2.2018.78.83