12/04/2018 / By RJ Jhonson
Helicteres angustifolia is popularly used in China as a herbal treatment for diseases like cancer, bacterial infections, inflammation, and flu, but no report of its antidiabetic activity has been published. A study published in Pharmaceutical Biology investigated the anti-diabetic activity of its ethanolic root extract.
These findings convinced the researchers that H. angustifolia has powerful anti-diabetic effects.
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Journal Reference:
Hu X, Cheng D, Zhang Z. ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY OF HELICTERES ANGUSTIFOLIA ROOT. Pharmaceutical Biology. 11 February 2016;54(16):938-344. DOI: 10.3109/13880209.2015.1077871
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alternative medicine, diabetes, glucose uptake, Helicteres angustifolia, herbal medicine, Herbs, insulin resistance, insulin sensitivity, medicinal plant, natural treatment, plantmedicine
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