Itam Ako Hogan, Yu-Cheng Kuo, Asmau N Abubakar, Bashir Lawal, Abdulhakeem R Agboola, Halimat Yusuf Lukman, Sunday Amos Onikanni, Femi Olawale, Adewale Oluwaseun Fadaka, Yunusa O Ibrahim, Shukurat B Babalola, Gaber El-Saber Batiha, Sarah M Albogami, Mohammed Alorabi, Michel De Waard, Hsu-Shan Huang
Tridax procumbens (cotton buttons) is a flowering plant with a medicinal reputation for treating infections, wounds, diabetes, and liver and kidney diseases. The present research was conducted to evaluate the possible protective effects of the T. procumbens methanolic extract (TPME) on an experimentally induced type 2 diabetes rat model. Wistar rats with streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetes were randomly allocated into five groups of five animals each, viz., a normal glycemic group (I), diabetic rats receiving distilled water group (II), diabetic rats with 150 (III) and 300 mg/kg of TPME (IV) groups, and diabetic rats with 100 mg/kg metformin group (V)...
February 2023: Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy