Abstract:
Medicinal plants have played vital role in the life of humans, especially for their betterment and to sustain life. Natural products isolated from plants, to be considered as main sources for treating number of diseases. Taraxacum officinale belong to the family Asteraceae and its subfamily is Cichorieae, its tribe is Lactuceae. The entire parts of Taraxacum officinale locally known as "Hund" were collected from village Pirkot Tehsil Hajira District Poonch. Antidiabetic activity of T. officinale root, leaves, and flower fractions (n-hexane, ethanol, and water) was evaluated in diabetic mice. Fifty mice were distributed in 10 separate cages each having 5 mice and designated according to following arrangement. G-I considered as negative control, G-II considered as positive control or diabetic control. G-III considered as antidiabetic control and G -IV to G-X were considered as treatment groups. It was observed that all parts of the Taraxacum officinale showed activity against diabetes. These fractions decreased blood glucose level after administration of the extracts (n-hexane, ethanol, and water) of roots, leaves and flowers. But n-hexane fraction of flowers, water fraction of leaves and water fraction of roots showed remarkable antidiabetic activity.
Page(s):
305-305
DOI:
DOI not available
Published:
Journal: Abstract Book on International Conference on Food and Applied Sciences (ICFAS-23) 3-5 August 23, Volume: 0, Issue: 0, Year: 2023
Keywords:
Medicinal plants
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natural products
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Antidiabetic
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Taraxacumofficinale
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Extracts