STUDIES ON BRIDELIA-FERRUGINEA LEAVES .1. STABILITY AND HYPOGLYCEMIC ACTIONS OF THE LEAF EXTRACT TABLETS

Authors
ONUNKWO GC AKAH PA UDEALA OK
Citation
Gc. Onunkwo et al., STUDIES ON BRIDELIA-FERRUGINEA LEAVES .1. STABILITY AND HYPOGLYCEMIC ACTIONS OF THE LEAF EXTRACT TABLETS, PTR. Phytotherapy research, 10(5), 1996, pp. 418-420
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Journal title
PTR. Phytotherapy research → ACNP
ISSN journal
0951418X
Volume
10
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
418 - 420
Database
ISI
SICI code
0951-418X(1996)10:5<418:SOBL.S>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
The flavonoid content of 187.5 mg of Bridelia ferruginea leaf extract was calculated to be approximately 0.015% based on rutin. There was no significant difference (p = 0.05) in the mean values of flavonoids fo r the tabletted and untabletted extract, The moisture adsorption of th e crude drug tablets was of Vander Waals type. The tablets showed a ve ry long shelf life of about 96 years. A 25 mg/kg of B. ferruginea tabl et lowered the blood glucose level of normal healthy rabbits by about 40%.