Aizman Roman
Novosibirsk State Pedagogical University, 630126, Russia
Title: THE EFFECTS of plant rhizome Curcuma longa on carbohydrate metabolism in diabetic rats
Biography
Biography: Aizman Roman
Abstract
The intake of the turmeric rhizomes in rats with diabetes, as compared with the same animals on a standard diet, resulted in the lower increasing of the glucose concentration in blood, the decrease of glucose absorption in the gut, higher concentration of the insulin and C-peptide in plasma and significant increase of glycogen level in the liver. The microstructure of pancreatic tissue samples of experimental animals using turmeric was characterized by the better preservation of the islet apparatus in comparison with a group of animals on a standard diet.
The results indicate the positive effect of the Curcuma longa rhizomes on the homeostatic mechanisms of the carbohydrate metabolism regulation in the alloxan-induced diabetic rats.