Bioactivity-Guided Fractionation and Identification of Antidiabetic Compound of ISyzygium polyanthum/I ’s Leaf Extract in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rat Model

(1) Background: An earlier study on the hypoglycemic activity of S. polyanthum (Wight.) leaf methanol extract identified squalene as the major chemical compound. The present study was conducted to assess the hypoglycemic effect of fractions and subfractions of the methanol extract of S. polyanthum c...

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Published in:Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) Switzerland), 2022-10, Vol.27 (20)
Main Authors: Widyawati, Tri, Yusoff, Nor Adlin, Bello, Idris, Asmawi, Mohd Zaini, Ahmad, Mariam
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis and chemistry
Blood
Blood cholesterol
Blood sugar
Comparative analysis
Medicine, Botanic
Medicine, Herbal
Methanol
Physiological aspects
Type 2 diabetes
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Summary:(1) Background: An earlier study on the hypoglycemic activity of S. polyanthum (Wight.) leaf methanol extract identified squalene as the major chemical compound. The present study was conducted to assess the hypoglycemic effect of fractions and subfractions of the methanol extract of S. polyanthum compared to the squalene using a bioassay-guided in vivo study. (2) Methods: The methanol extract was fractionated using the liquid-liquid fractionation method. Streptozotocin-induced type 1 diabetic rat was used to study the hypoglycemic effect. (3) Results: The findings showed that chloroform fraction significantly (p < 0.05) lowered blood glucose levels of diabetic rats as compared to the control. Further fractionation of chloroform fraction yielded subfraction-1 and -2, whereby subfraction-1 exhibited a higher blood-glucose-lowering effect. The lipid profile test showed that the total cholesterol level of subfraction-1 and squalene-treated groups decreased significantly (p < 0.05). An immunohistochemistry study revealed that none of the treatments regenerated pancreatic β-cells. Gas chromatography-mass spectrophotometer analysis identified the presence of squalene in the active methanol extract, chloroform fraction, and subfraction-1. In silico analysis revealed a higher affinity of squalene against protein receptors that control lipid metabolism than metformin. (4) Conclusions: Data obtained from the present work suggested the crude methanol extract exerted the highest hypoglycemic effect compared to fraction, subfraction, and squalene, confirming synergistic effect may be responsible for the hypoglycemic activity of S. polyanthum.
ISSN:1420-3049
1420-3049
DOI:10.3390/molecules27206814