Citation
Vr. Rai et al., EFFECT OF TULASI (OCIMUM-SANCTUM) LEAF POWDER SUPPLEMENTATION ON BLOOD-SUGAR LEVELS, SERUM-LIPIDS AND TISSUE-LIPIDS IN DIABETIC RATS, Plant foods for human nutrition, 50(1), 1997, pp. 9-16
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Food Science & Tenology","Plant Sciences","Chemistry Applied
Journal title
Plant foods for human nutrition
ISSN journal
09219668
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Volume
50
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
9 - 16
Database
ISI
SICI code
0921-9668(1997)50:1<9:EOT(LP>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
Tulasi leaf powder was fed at the 1% level in normal and diabetic rats
for a period of one month to explore the effect on fasting blood suga
r, uronic acid, total amino acids, and the lipid profile in serum and
tissue lipids. The results indicated a significant reduction in fastin
g blood sugar, uronic acid, total amino acids, total cholesterol, trig
lyceride, phospholipids and total lipids. In liver, total cholesterol,
triglyceride and total lipids were significantly lowered. Total lipid
s were significantly reduced in kidney. In heart, a significant fall i
n total cholesterol and phospholipids was observed. All these observat
ions indicate the hypoglycemic and hypolipidemic effect of Tulasi in d
iabetic rats.