Banaba (Lagerstroemia speciosa L.) extracts accept been acclimated for abounding years in folk anesthetic to amusement diabetes, with the aboriginal arise analysis abstraction getting arise in 1940. This cardboard summarizes the accepted abstract apropos Banaba and its constituents. The hypoglycemic furnishings of Banaba accept been attributed to both corosolic acerbic as able-bodied as ellagitannins. Studies accept been conducted in assorted beastly models, animal subjects, and in vitro systems application baptize acrid Banaba blade extracts, corosolic acid, and ellagitannins.
Corosolic acerbic has been arise to abatement claret amoroso levels aural 60 min in animal subjects. Corosolic acerbic aswell exhibits antihyperlipidemic and antioxidant activities. The benign furnishings of Banaba and corosolic acerbic with account to assorted aspects of glucose and lipid metabolism arise to absorb assorted mechanisms, including added cellular uptake of glucose, broken hydrolysis of sucrose and starches, decreased gluconeogenesis, and the adjustment of lipid metabolism. These furnishings may be advised by PPAR and added arresting transduction factors.
Banaba extract, corosolic acid, and added capacity may be benign in acclamation the affection associated with metabolic syndrome, as able-bodied as alms added bloom benefits.
