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http://dx.doi.org/10.3746/jkfn.2006.35.3.321

Effects of Pine Needle Extract Oil on Blood Glucose and Serum Insulin Levels in db/db Mice  

Kim, Mi-Joung (Medvill Central Laboratory, Medvill Co., Ltd.)
Ahn, Jin-Hong (Medvill Central Laboratory, Medvill Co., Ltd.)
Choi, Kang-Ho (Pine Life Engineering)
Lee, Yun-Hak (Pine Life Engineering)
Woo, Gyeong-Jin (Mo-nature)
Hong, Eun-Kyung (Medvill Central Laboratory, Medvill Co., Ltd.)
Chung, Young-Shin (Medvill Central Laboratory, Medvill Co., Ltd.)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition / v.35, no.3, 2006 , pp. 321-327 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was performed to investigate the hypoglycemic effect of pine needle extract oil against type 2 diabetes. Six-week-old male C57BL/Ks(db/db) mice were divided into four groups : negative control, pine needle extract oil low dose, high dose and positive control groups, which fed daily for 6 weeks with corn oil, pine needle extract oil 112.5 mg/kg, 450 mg/kg or metformin (150 mg/kg ), respectively. The oral administration of the pine needle extract oil resulted in the significant and dose-dependent decreases of blood glucose levels in comparison with corn oil treatment. The levels of HbAlc showed a tendency of the decrease by the high dose treatment of the pine needle extract oil and were positively correlated with blood glucose levels (r=0.5046, p=0.0023) . However, the levels of serum insulin and C-peptide were not affected by pine needle extract oil or metformin treatments. The levels of serum leptin, which is related with the insulin sensitivity, showed a tendency of the increases by pine needle extract oil treatment and were negatively correlated to blood glucose levels (r=-0.4754, p=0.0052). In conclusion, these results suggest that the pine needle extract oil have a potential for the oral anti-hyperglycemic agent and the mode of action may be related with the improvement of the insulin sensitivity through blood leptin.
Keywords
pine needle extract oil; db/db mouse; blood glucose; HbAlc; insulin; leptin; C-peptide;
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