Antidiabetic Effect of Seeds of Citrullus Lanatus (Watermelon)

Umar Muhd Sani

ISBN 10: 3659963895 / ISBN 13: 9783659963896

Edité par LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2016

56 pages. 8.66x5.91x0.13 inches. In Stock. N° de réf. du vendeur 3659963895

Synopsis :

Diabetes mellitus is a major and current epidemic disease of the human race implicated with numerous clinical manifestations.The impinging poverty particularly in Africa clearly indicates the urgent need to develop new therapeutic drugs that are cheap and available.A number of protein-rich seeds such as that of watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) are commonly used in traditional medicine with increasing acclaimed efficacy against diabetes mellitus. Many people eat the watermelon flesh and discard the seeds not knowing what they are missing with regards to medicinal values. Both the petroleum ether and ethanol extracts of the seeds of watermelon have been found to decrease significantly the raised blood glucose levels of alloxan-induced diabetes in mice. Results have therefore shown that the seeds of watermelon have some potentiality as anti-diabetic medication. People should therefore stop discarding the seeds when eating watermelon.

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Titre : Antidiabetic Effect of Seeds of Citrullus ...
Éditeur : LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Date d'édition : 2016
Reliure : Paperback
Etat : Brand New