Evaluation of the immune responses following treatment of diabetes by traditional herbal drugs in streptozotocin-induced diabetic mice

This experiment was designed to evaluate the immune responses after treatment of diabetes by using water extract of traditional herbal drugs on the splenocytes and peritoneal macrophages in vivo. We found two herbal materials of the hypoglycemic agents based on inhibitory activity of ${\alpha}$-glucosidase. These potential herbal drugs which remarkably inhibited ${\alpha}$-glucosidase in STZ-induced diabetic mices (STZ 150 mg/kg, i.p.) were Mori radicis Cortex(MRC, 2.32 mg/mouse) and Cudraniae radicis Cortex (CRC, 2.24mg/mouse). (omitted)