Antidiabetic activity of Cultivated Cordyceps pruinosa

  • Kim, Tae-Woong (College of Natural Sciences, Kangwon National University) ;
  • Sung, Jae-Mo (College of Pharmacy, Sookmyung Women's University) ;
  • Yang, Ki-Sook (College of Pharmacy, Sookmyung Women's University)
  • 발행 : 2003.10.01

초록

Cordyceps species has been used as antiinflammatory, antitoxic, diuretic in folk remedies. Recent research has been reported the effect of anticancer, antidiabetic, antimutagenic, antilipid peroxidation. We examined the antidiabetic activity of cultivated Cordyceps pruinosa on streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. The blood glucose level was recovered by treatment with Cordyceps pruinosa ethanol extract. The contents of GPT, total cholesterol and xanthine oxidase, glutathione peroxidase, catalase activities of the cytosol were significantly decreased as compared to the diabetic group. (omitted)

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