Hypoglycemic effect of the water extract of Piper sarmentosum in rats

• Main Authors: Penchom Peungvicha, Suwan S. Thirawarapan, Rungravi Temsiririrkkul, Hiroshi Watanabe, Jeevan Kumar Prasain, Shigetoshi Kadota
• Other Authors: Mahidol University
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/18637

The hypoglycemic effect of the water extract of the whole plant of Piper sarmentosum Roxb. (Piperaceae, Thai name: Chaplu) was examined in normal and streptozotocin-diabetic rats. In an oral glucose tolerance test, a single oral administration of the water extract at doses of 0.125 and 0.25 g/kg sig...