Author
Hikino H, Takahashi M, Otake K, Konno C
Date
3/1986
Journal
J Nat Prod
Abstract
Intraperitoneal injection of an aqueous extract of the crude drug “shigoka” (Siberian ginseng), Eleutherococcus senticosus roots, remarkably diminished plasma-sugar level in mice. Fractionation of the extract by monitoring the activity yielded seven glycans, eleutherans A, B, C, D, E, F, and G, which exerted marked hypoglycemic effects in normal and alloxan-induced hyperglycemic mice.