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[Studies on anti-hyperglycemic effect and its mechanism of Dendrobium candidum]
Hao-shu Wu1, Jian-hua Xu, Li-zuan Chen
1Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Collage of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310031, China. haoshu-wu@yahoo.com.cn
Objective:
To study the anti-hyperglycemic effect and its mechanism of Dendrobium candidum (DC).
Method:
Normal mice, adrenaline-induced hyperglycemic mice, streptozotocin-induced diabetic (STZ-DM) rats were used. The mechanisms of the anti-hyperglycemic action were studied with radio-immunoassay, immunohistochemical HRP-SPA stain, etc.
Result:
DC could not obviously decrease the serum glucose concentrations and insulin levels in normal mice. It could increase serum insulin levels and decrease serum glucagons concentrations in STZ-DM rats. The results of immunohistochemical stain demonstrated that the number of islet beta cells was increased and that of islet a cells was decreased in STZ-DM rats. It could also decrease the serum glucose concentrations and increase liver glucogen contents in adrenaline-induced hyperglycemic mice.
Conclusion:
DC has obvious anti-hyperglycemic effects in adrenaline-induced hyperglycemic mice and STZ-DM rats. Its mechanisms are stimulating the secretion of insulin from beta cells and inhibiting the secretion of glucagons from a cells, and it can probably decrease the decomposition of liver glucogen and increase the synthesis of liver glucogen.
