Biochemical effects of some commonly used legumes on alloxan diabetic rats

ABSTRACT

The present work was undertaken in an attempt to investigate the effect of long use of some selected legumes on fasting blood glucose level and blood lipid pattern in alloxan diabetic rats. Feeding diet containing termis and helba to diabetic rats for one month induced significant decrease in fasting blood glucose, total cholesterol, triglycerides and low density lipoprotein levels with a high significant increase in high density lipoprotein level. From the present study, it is concluded that eating termis and helba mixture before breakfast every morning leads to improvement of fasting blood glucose level and blood lipid pattern of alloxan diabetic rats. And it is a good habit for the diabetic patients to take a mixture of termis and helba everymorning before breakfast