DETERMINATION OF HYPOGLYCEMIC ACTIVITY IN MORUS-INDICA L (MULBERRY) SHOOT CULTURES

Authors
KELKAR SM BAPAT VA GANAPATHI TR KAKLIJ GS RAO PS HEBLE MR
Citation
Sm. Kelkar et al., DETERMINATION OF HYPOGLYCEMIC ACTIVITY IN MORUS-INDICA L (MULBERRY) SHOOT CULTURES, Current Science, 71(1), 1996, pp. 71-72
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Current Science → ACNP
ISSN journal
00113891
Volume
71
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
71 - 72
Database
ISI
SICI code
0011-3891(1996)71:1<71:DOHAIM>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
The aqueous extract from the leaves of shoot cultures of two elite var ieties of mulberry, viz. S-34 and S-36, showed the presence of hypogly cemic activity when fed to the diabetic rats, The hypoglycemic activit y of the extracts of leaves from the shoot cultures was higher and bet ter as compared to the field-grown plant leaves, Based on these result s, the usefulness of in vitro plantlets of mulberry, as a source of an tidiabetic compound (S) is discussed.