Background: The medicinal plant Myrtus communis L. (Myrtle) has been medicinal properties including antiinflammatory and wound healing in Persian Medicine.
Objective: The
Intraperitoneal injection of streptozotocin (150 mg/kg) in mice produced an initial transient hyperglycaemia at 2 h followed by a second hyperglycaemic phase after 48-72 h which persisted throughout the 7-day observation period. An ethanol-water extract of Myrtus communis (2 g/kg) administered