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In the present study, the effect of feeding of diets containing 12% and 18% water soluble gummy fibre and 5% and 10% water insoluble neutral detergent fibre (NDF) isolated from Syzygium cumini seeds were carried out in normal and alloxan treated diabetic rats for 21 days. The results obtained from present study indicates that incorporation of 12% and 18% water soluble gummy fibre significantly reduces blood glucose, notably improved glucose tolerance and decreased activity of intestinal enzymes i.e. amylase and invertase while 5% and 10 % water insoluble neutral detergent fibre (NDF) did not exhibit any hypoglycaemic effect in both normal and treated diabetic rats.
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References
Anderson, J.W. and Chen, W.L., 1979. Plant fibre, Carbohydrate and Lipid metabolism. Am. J. Clin., Nutr., 32: 346-63. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/32.2.346
Anderson , J.W. and Tietyen-Clark, J., 1986. Dietary fibre: hyperlipidemia, hypertension and coronary heart disease. Am. J. Gastroenterol., 81: 907-919.
Jenkins, D.J.A., Lecds, A.R. and Gassull, M.A., 1977.Viscosity and the action of unavailable carbohydrate in reducing postprandial glucose and insulin levels. Proc. Ntr. Soc., 36,44A.
Morgan, L.M., 1979. The effect of unabsorbable carbohydrates on gut hormones. Diabetologia, 17:85-89. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01222207
Nuttall, F.Q., 1993. Dietary fiber in the management of diabetes. Diabetes, 42(4): 503-508. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2337/diabetes.42.4.503
Pandey, Madhuri and Khan, Aqueel, 2002. Hypoglycaemic effect of defatted seeds and water soluble gummy fibre from the seeds of Syzygjum cumini (Linn).Skeels in alloxan diabetic rats. Ind. J. Exp. Biol., 40:1178-1182.
Ribes, G.Y., Sauvaire, S., Baccou, J.C., 1984. Effects of Fenugreek seeds on endocrine pancreatic secretion in dog. Ann. Ntr. Metab., 28: 37-43. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1159/000176780
Vohouny, G V., Washington, D.C., 1981. Conclusions and recommendations of the symposium" Dietary fibres in Health and Disease. Am, J. Clin. Nutr., 35: 152•156. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/35.1.152
Williams, D.R.R. and James, W.PT., 1979. Fibre and diabetes. Lanceti, 271-272. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(79)90798-0