The Influence of Some Plant Extracts that are Potential in the Antichiperglicemia

The underline of this study to investigate the antihyperglycemic effect in mice groups. The plants that have been tested as anti-hyperglycemia are cat root leaves (Acalypha indica), maja leaves (Crescentia cujete L.), and alang-alang plants (Imperata cylindrica). This study used 45 ICR male mice divided into 3 treatment groups, namely the normal mouse group, hyperglycemic mice group, and mice group with the provision of cat leaf extract, maja leaves, and alang-alang plants with a dose of 250 mg kg-1 bw. The results show that the administration of these three plants can reduce the blood glucose levels of mice by 22-27%. The conclusion in this study was that the extract of cat's root leaves (Acalypha indica), maja leaves (Crescentia cujete L.), and alang-alang plants (Imperata cylindrica) showed an effect as anti-hyperglycemia.