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Research Article In Vitro Evaluations of Cytotoxicity of Eight Antidiabetic Medicinal Plants and Their Effect on GLUT4 Translocation

Authors: 
Sleman Kadan, Bashar Saad, Yoel Sasson, Hilal Zaid
Journal Name: 
N/A
Volume: 
1
Issue: 
1
Pages From: 
1
To: 
1
Date: 
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Abstract: 
Despite the enormous achievements in conventional medicine, herbal-based medicines are still a common practice for the treatment of diabetes. Trigonella foenum-graecum, Atriplex halimus, Olea europaea, Urtica dioica, Allium sativum, Allium cepa, Nigella sativa, and Cinnamomum cassia are strongly recommended in the Greco-Arab and Islamic medicine for the treatment and prevention of diabetes. Cytotoxicity (MTT and LDH assays) of the plant extracts was assessed using cells from the liver hepatocellular carcinoma cell line (HepG2 ...