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Coccinia Indica and Diabetes
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Coccinia Indica and Diabetes
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garcot
Bangalore
 
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August 8 2009
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It is an indian herbal plant
Arabic[1] kabare-hindi.
Hindi[5] bhimb, kanduri, kanduri-
ke-bel, kunderi, kanduri-ki-bel;.
Kannada[2] tonde-balli, tondeballi.
Malayalam[4] gwel, kova, kova, kwel.
Persian[1] kabare-hindi.
Sanskrit[34] bimba, bimbaka, bimbi, bimbi, bimbi, bimbi, bimbi, bimbika, bimbika, bimbitika, chhardini, dantachhadopama, govhi, jhundikeshi, kamboja, karmmakari, katubimbi, katuka, katutundika, oshthi, oshtopamaphala, piluparni, raktaphala, ruchiraphala, tiktabimbi, tiktakhya, tiktatundi, tundi, tundika, tundika, tundikeri, tundiparyyayaga, uttundiki, vimba.
Tamil[13] kovai, kwai, kovai, inippu-k-kovai, kovai, kovai, kovai, kovai, kovai, kovai ilai, kovai, kovai ilai, kovai.
Telugu[9] bimbika, bimbika, bimka, dhonda, donda, dondatiga, kaidonda, kakidonda, kakidonda.
Tibetan[3] bi mba, bi mba, bi mba.
Urdu[1] bikh kabar.
The article:
NaturalNews) Extracts of the Indian herb Coccinia indica reduced blood sugar levels by almost 20 percent in a study conducted by researchers from the Institute of Population Health and Clinical Research in Bangalore and published in the journal Diabetes Care.
C. indica is also known by the scientific names C. cordifolia and C. grandis and the common names kundru, dondakaya, kovakkai and tindora, among many others.
Researchers conducted a randomized, double-blind study on 60 patients with mild Type 2 diabetes that was being controlled with diet and not drugs. Half the participants were given a one-gram C. indica extract each day, while half were given a placebo.
After 90 days, the participants who had received the herbal extract had 16 percent lowered fasting blood glucose levels and 18 percent lowered post-prandial (after meal) blood glucose levels. There were no changes observed in the level of blood fats.
The researchers said they did not know what it was about the plant that had caused the beneficial effect.
"This study suggests that C. cordifolia extract has a potential hypoglycemic action in patients with mild diabetes," the researchers said. "However, further studies are needed to elucidate mechanisms of action."
C. indica is a gourd plant native to India, where it is used as a vegetable. According to the researchers, a person would have to eat 50 grams (2 ounces) of the cooked vegetable per day to receive the same benefit as taking 1 gram of the extract.
A prior study, conducted by researchers at the Harvard Medical School, reviewed the data on C. indica and concluded that a respectable body of evidence has accumulated supporting the plant's benefits in the treatment of diabetes.
Approximately 20 million people in the United States suffer from diabetes, or 7 percent of the population. According to the American Diabetes Association, the medical costs associated with the disease amount to $132 billion per year, with $92 billion of this going to medication alone.
Source: http://www.naturalnews.com/023587_blood_sugar_blood_sugar_levels.html
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Garcot
"wisdom in your body is deeper than your deepest philosophy"(Nietszche)
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Re:Coccinia Indica and Diabetes
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By:
garcot
Bangalore
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August 8 2009
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"wisdom in your body is deeper than your deepest philosophy"(Nietszche)
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Administration of Coccinia indica leaf extract to normal and streptozotocin diabetic animals exhibited significant hypoglycemic and antihyperglycemic effect and reversed biochemical complications. Oral administration of 200mg/ kg of ethanol extract of Coccinia indica leaves (CLEt) to diabetic animals for 45 days resulted in a significant reduction in blood glucose, glycosylated haemoglobin and an increase in total haemoglobin and plasma insulin. Similarly, the administration of CLEt to normal animals resulted in a significant hypoglycemic effect. The activities of hepatic hexokinase, glucose-6-phosphatase, fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, a lipogenic enzyme, were measured in the liver of normal, diabetic, normal rats separately treated with CLEt and glibenclamide, and diabetic rats treated separately with CLEt and glibenclamide. The activities of the lipogenic enzyme and hexokinase were significantly decreased, whereas the activities of gluconeogenic enzymes were significantly increased in the diabetic liver. Both CLEt and glibenclamide were able to restore the altered enzyme activities to almost control levels. CLEt was more effective than glibenclamide. The results indicate that the administration of CLEt to diabetic animals normalizes blood glucose and causes marked improvement of altered carbohydrate metabolic enzymes during diabetes.
Ref: http://www.progenebio.in/DMP/Coccinia.htm
Garcot
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