Volume : 7, Issue : 1, January - 2018

VALIDATION OF ANTIOXIDANT PROPERTY OF ACANTHOSPERMUM HISPIDUM DC IN CONTROL AND STREPTOZOTOCIN INDUCED DIABETIC RATS

J. Vasundharamma, Dr. Sk. Mahmood

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;&#10;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;&#10;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:&#10;EN-US;mso-bidi-language:TE">Today diabetes became a global public health issue. More than 1200 species of plants are identified as herbal remedy for diabetes. In present study, Ethyl acetate and aqueous extract of <i>Acanthospermum hispidum </i>DC. was tested on blood glucose levels (mg/dl) at different time intervals of diabetic induced rats and found that the blood glucose levels are decreased and also able to alter the levels of antioxidants including TBARS, SOD, Catalase, GPX, &nbsp;GSH in diabetic rats after 9 hours in all the three groups of rats with body weights of 150mg/kg, 300mg/kg and 450mg/kg that are taken for testing.</span></b></p>