Antidiabetic influence of dietary cumin seeds (Cuminum cyminum) in streptozotocin induced diabetic rats.

Willatgamuwa, S. A. and Kalpana, Platel and Saraswathi, G. and Srinivasan, K. (1998) Antidiabetic influence of dietary cumin seeds (Cuminum cyminum) in streptozotocin induced diabetic rats. Nutrition Research, 18 (1). 131-142; 26 ref..

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Abstract

Streptozotocin induced diabetic adult Wistar rats (n=8 per group) were fed ad libitum on a diet containing 1.25% cumin powder or a control diet for 8 weeks. Cumin feeding significantly reduced fasting plasma glucose concentrations and urinary glucose excretion in diabetic rats. This was also accompanied by a slight improvement in body weights of diabetic rats fed on the cumin diet. Dietary cumin also countered other metabolic alterations as revealed by decreased blood urea concentrations and reduced excretions of urea and creatinine by diabetic rats.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	intake-; diabetes-; blood-sugar; excretion-; urine-; hyperglycaemia-; glucosuria-; body-weight; urea-; creatinine-
Subjects:	600 Technology > 01 Medical sciences > 04 Diabetes Mellitus 600 Technology > 08 Food technology > 30 Spices/Condiments
Divisions:	Dept. of Biochemistry
Depositing User:	Food Sci. & Technol. Information Services
Date Deposited:	20 Feb 2012 06:48
Last Modified:	20 Feb 2012 06:48
URI:	http://ir.cftri.res.in/id/eprint/8615

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