Antidiabetic, cytotoxic and antioxidant activities of oil extracted from pulp.

This study evaluated the hypoglycemic effect of the oil extracted from the pulp (OPAC) in normoglycemic rats and streptozotocin (STZ), fructose-induced diabetic rat models and its antioxidant and cytotoxic potential. OPAC (3, 30 300 mg/kg, v.o.

The flavonoid content and antiproliferative, hypoglycaemic, anti-inflammatory and free radical scavenging activities of Annona dioica St. Hill.

Background: Annona dioica St. Hill (Annonacaeae) is a Brazilian plant used in folk medicine for the treatment of several types of rheumatisms and diarrhoea. The focus of this work was to evaluate the in vitro antiproliferative and antioxidant activity and the in vivo hypoglycaemic and anti-inflammatory activity of A.