dolichos/triglyceride

Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease characterized by hyperglycemia and dyslipidemia, which leads to severe morbid complications. In view of the effectiveness of conventional herbal adjutants the present study was taken to assess the anti-diabetic and anti-lipidemic effect of Dolichos biflorus. 32

Hyacinth bean, Dolichos lablab or Lablab purpureus, has been used for centuries in India and China as an edible pod and animal forage, as well as to treat diarrhea and other gastrointestinal disease in traditional Korean medicine. Recently, we have demonstrated that D. lablab extract (DLL-Ex)

High fat diet fed rats showed significant increased levels of plasma and tissue total cholesterol, triglycerides, free fatty acids, phospholipids, plasma LDL cholesterol and decreased level of plasma HDL cholesterol. Methanolic extract of D. biflorus administration to high fat diet fed rats showed