Jurnal Sains Teh dan Kina
Vol 19 No 2 (2016)

Antidiabetic mellitus activity of low grade black tea in alloxan induced male albino mice

Dytha Andri Deswati (Unknown)
Zahra Nur Maryam (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Jan 2017

Abstract

Tea (Camellia sinensis [L]) has a very potential character of quality and biological activities. Potential activity of black tea such as antidiabetic been proven by several studies. Grade of black tea was classified based on colour, shape, size and density of particles.  This study aims to evaluate the most optimal antidiabetic activity of low grade black teas;BT II, DUST III, BBL and BTL in alloxan induced male albino mice. The results showed that liquor of black tea grade DUST III has blood glucose lowering activity with the most optimal percentage reduction 49.07% with a significant difference in the positive control group (p <0.05).

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Journal Info

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tcrj

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Subject

Agriculture, Biological Sciences & Forestry Computer Science & IT Environmental Science Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering Mechanical Engineering

Description

Jurnal Penelitian Teh dan Kina is a national journal providing rapid publication of peer-reviewed articles concerned with tea and cinchona commodities based on the aspects, agronomy, plant breeding, soil science, crop protection, postharvest technology and social economy. Papers dealing with result ...