Biochemistry Unit, Department of Science Technology, The Federal Polytechnic, Ado Ekiti.
Research Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2021, 11(02), 001-009
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2021.11.2.0068
Received on 06 February 2021; revised on 09 March 2021; accepted on 11 March 2021
The effects of crude aqueous extract of Ehretia anacua on alloxan induced diabetic rats was investigated. Male albino rats of weighing between 120 to 150 were used, divided into 6 groups of five animals per group. Group I received distilled water throughout of the experiment and served as the control. Group II received 110 mg/kg of alloxan interperitoneally. Groups III, IV, V and VI received 110 mg/kg of alloxan and in addition administered with aqueous Ehretia anacua extract daily for 14 days. Blood glucose level was monitored at five days interval for fourteen days. Target organs (pancrease) was taken from each rat. The histopathological studies of the pancrease were examined. In alloxan - induced diabetic rats, blood glucose level was significantly increased compared with the control rats. Treating diabetic rats with 50, 100 and 200 mg/kg bw Ehretia anacua caused a significant decrease in the blood glucose level. The Photomicrograph of the histopathology examination of the pancrease (× 100) of the groups treated with alloxan showed poor architecture was destroyed whereas those treated with Ehretia nancua showed normal architecture. This illustrates the amelliorative effects of the extract on the alloxan-induced tocicity. It could be concluded from these results that, Ehretia nancua extract should be used in manufacture processes of the natural products as functional foods or as a dietary supplement with anti-diabecretic activity as hypoglycemic effect.
Ehretia anacua; Diabetes; Alloxan; Blood Glucose; Histopathology
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Oyelade Waheed Abimbola, Oyebode Joseph Ademola and Fajilade Temilade Olawande. Effect of administration of Ehretia anacua aqueous extract on blood glucose level in alloxan - induced diabetic rat. World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2021, 11(2), 001-009. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2021.11.2.0068