05/02/2019 / By Evangelyn Rodriguez
A recent study evaluated the antioxidant, enzyme inhibitory, and antidiabetic potential of the fruit Elaeagnus umbellata, also known as Japanese silverberry or autumn olive, which is known to be highly medicinal. The study was done by researchers from the University of Malakand in Pakistan and was published in the journal BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
The researchers concluded that autumn olive is a potent antioxidant which can be used to treat and relieve the secondary complications of Type 2 diabetes.
Read the full study at this link.
Find out more about autumn olive and other natural foods that can help with diabetes at DiabetesScienceNews.com.
Journal Reference:
Nazir, N., Zahoor, M., Nisar, M., Khan, I., Karim, N., Abdel-Halim, H., & Ali, A. PHYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS AND ANTIDIABETIC POTENTIAL OF ELAEAGNUS UMBELLATA (THUNB.) IN STREPTOZOTOCIN-INDUCED DIABETIC RATS: PHARMACOLOGICAL AND COMPUTATIONAL APPROACH. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 13 December 2018;18(1):332. DOI: 10.1186/s12906-018-2381-8
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