Plant extract for treating diabetes and process for making same

The present invention relates to a plant extract for treating diabetes and a process for making same. The plant extract of the invention is prepared from an overground part of Hedychium coronarium Koenig, which has the efficacies of lowering blood glucose, increasing insulin levels, reducing insulin...

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Hauptverfasser: LEE SHOEI-SHENG, KUAN LUNG-YU, WU REY-YUH, WU YU-YUAN, LU CHAO-TSEN, CHEN HUI-LING
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:The present invention relates to a plant extract for treating diabetes and a process for making same. The plant extract of the invention is prepared from an overground part of Hedychium coronarium Koenig, which has the efficacies of lowering blood glucose, increasing insulin levels, reducing insulin resistance and treating and/or preventing diabetes without overly reducing blood glucose in a subject, i.e., not reducing blood glucose in a fasting subject. Also provided herein is a method for treating diabetes in a subject in need thereof comprising administering an effective amount of the plant extract to the subject.