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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-12-13
pubmed:abstractText
The fruit of Indian Eugenia jambolana have been shown to have therapeutic properties, but because the therapeutic potential of a plant is related to the geographic region in which the plant was grown and to the part of the plant used, we investigated Brazilian Eugenia jambolana fruit using the same preparation and experimental methods as have been used in India. The well-established metabolic cage model was used to evaluate the physiological and metabolic parameters associated with streptozotocin-induced diabetes in rats (n=10) which had been administered, by gavage, 50 mg per day of lyophilised Eugenia jambolana fruit-pulp extract for 41 days. We found that, compared to untreated controls, rats treated with the lyophilised fruit-pulp showed no observable difference in body weight, food or water intake, urine volume, glycaemia, urinary urea and glucose, hepatic glycogen, or on serum levels of total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol or triglycerides. No change was observed in the masses of epididymal or retroperitoneal adipose tissue or of soleus or extensor digitorum longus muscles. This lack of any apparent effect on the diabetes may be attributable to the regional ecosystem where the fruit was collected and/or to the severity of the induced diabetes.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0378-8741
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
4
pubmed:volume
96
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
43-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Fruit of the jambolan tree (Eugenia jambolana Lam.) and experimental diabetes.
pubmed:affiliation
Departamento de Análises Clínicas, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas-UNESP, Rua Expedicionários do Brasil n. 1621, Araraquara-CEP 14801-902, SP, Brazil. pepatomt@fcfar.unesp.br
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't