Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5838216 | Journal of Ethnopharmacology | 2012 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
AimsThe root of Polygonatum odoratum (YuZhu), also a medicinal food has long been used for the treatment of diabetes. The objective of the study was to characterize the anti-diabetic active fractions or compounds in this herb.Materials and methodsFractions with a different polarity were prepared by solvent extraction and macroporous absorptive resin (D101) column and their anti-diabetic potentials were evaluated by glucose uptake in HepG2 cells and STZ-induced diabetic rats. In addition, α-glycosidase inhibitory activities of active fractions were measured in vitro and chemical compositions including saponin, total flavonoids and total sugar in the fractions were determined.ResultsThe n-buthanol fraction, a saponin-rich fraction obtained by partitioning the ethanol extract with n-buthanol after petroleum ether and acetic ether showed the highest anti-diabetic potential in glucose uptake in HepG2 cells followed by acetic ether fraction which was rich in flavonoids. Further fractionation the saponin-rich fraction using macroporous resin column (D101), polysaccharide, flavonoid and saponin rich fractions were obtained by elution with water, 40% and 60% ethanol, respectively and their anti-diabetic potentials proved by glucose uptake test in HepG2 cells and STZ-induced diabetic rats were in the order of saponin rich fraction > flavonoid rich fraction > polysaccharide rich fraction. Long-term therapy test (60 d) in severe diabetic rats indicated that saponin-rich fraction significantly ameliorated clinical symptoms of diabetes including the elevated blood glucose, body weight loss as well as the increased food and water intake while flavonoid-rich fraction was more potential than saponin-rich fraction to increase superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity and decrease malondialdehyde (MDA) level in rat plasma. Additionally, saponin-rich fraction and flavonoid-rich fraction showed α-glycosidase inhibitory activity with IC50 value of 2.05 ± 0.32 and 3.92 ± 0.65 mg/ml, respectively.ConclusionThe results suggested that saponin in this herb was more important than flavonoid in exhibiting anti-diabetic activity and flavonoid contributed more to anti-oxidant activity in vivo.
Keywords
Saponinα-GlycosidasepNPGMDAPBGGFROGTTSTZRPOCATFBSFBGAUCDMSOMTTp-nitrophenyl-α-d-glucopyranosideROSOral glucose tolerance teststreptozotocinDiabetes mellitusDimethyl sulfoxideSODfetal bovine serumSuperoxide dismutaseFlavonoidsfasting blood glucosemalondialdehydeAreas under the curveGlomerular filtration rateHypoglycemicCatalasePostprandial blood glucoseReactive oxygen species
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Authors
Yafei Deng, Kai He, Xiaoli Ye, Xin Chen, Jing Huang, Xuegang Li, Lujiang Yuan, Yalan Jin, Qing Jin, Panpan Li,