Effect of teucriumoliverianum and cleome africana: thire hypoglycemic activity

ABSTRACT

The aqueous extract of Teucrium polium, Teucrium oliverianum and Cleome africana, the antidiabetic plants used in Saudi Arabia, was administered orally for 2 and 4 weeks to male mature normal and alloxan-diabetic rats. The normal rats were kept on a long duration of plant extract administration when a case of hyperglycemia was encountered with an increase in the insulin and glucagon levels. On the contrary, the extracts exerted a significant [P <0.001] hypoglycemic effect in alloxan-diabetic rats, and this continued for 6 Hours