date:Nov 26, 2012
lleagues conducted the study in male rats which were subject to a highfructose diet to induce insulin resistance, the hallmark feature of diabetes mellitus type 2, and then treatedwith a urticadioica leaf extract and found that the extract significantly decreased serum glucose, insulin,low density liprotein (LDL) and leptin, the ratio of LDL/HDL and fasting insulin resistance index, which isgood for diabetes mellitus.
According to the authors, urtica dioica medicinal uses have been reported and