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The hypoglycemic activity of water extracts of fifty six medicinal plants were evaluated in the streptozotocin-induced diabetic mice. Twelve medicinal plants have significantly antidiabetic activity; Mori Radicis Cortex, Kwang Fang Chi Radix, Paeoniae Radix, Eugeniae Flos, Atractylodis Rhizoma, Ophiopogonis Tuber, Rosae multiflorae Fructus, Glycyrrhizae Radix, Tetrapanacis Medulla, Bigno, Forsythiae Fructus and Sophorae Radix.
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Kim, CJ., Cho, SK., Shin, MS. et al. Hypoglycemic activity of medicinal plants. Arch. Pharm. Res. 13, 371–373 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02858177
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