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  Matucana madisoniorum HYPOGLYCEMIC EFFECT OF MATUCANA MADISONIORUM PLANT EXYRACTS ON STREPTOZOTOCIN INDUCED DIABETES MELLITUS IN RATS Kingdom Flora Order: Caryophyllales Family: Cactaceae Rank: Species [FAMILY listing Cactaceae spp.] Except the species included in Appendix I and except Pereskia spp., Pereskiopsis spp. and Quiabentia spp. Artificially propagated specimens of the following hybrids and/or cultivars are not subject to the provisions of the Convention: Hatiora x graeseri; Schlumbergera x buckleyi; Schlumbergera russelliana x Schlumbergera truncata; Schlumbergera orssichiana x Schlumbergera truncata; Schlumbergera opuntioides x Schlumbergera truncata; Schlumbergera truncata (cultivars); Cactaceae spp. colour mutants grafted on the following grafting stocks Harrisia 'Jusbertii', Hylocereus trigonus or Hylocereus undatus; Opuntia microdasys (cultivars). Genus: Matucana Induction of diabetes: Diabetes was induced by an intraperitoneal injection of streptozotocin at a ...

  ANTICANCER ACTIVITY OF CYNANCHUM ACUTUM LEAVES EXTRACT ON WISTAR RATS TREATED WITH DIETHYL NITROSAMINE Inyroduction Cynanchum acutum belongs to the family Asclepiadaceae (milk-weed family) which comprises about 2900 species in 315 genera (Boulos, 2000). The Cynanchum genus comprises about 200 species (Boulos, 2000) reported for their use in folk medicine as antifebrile, antitumour, antitussive, diuretic, expectorant, anticonvulsant, anodyne, and tonic agent, and is effective against chronic hepatitis (Tawfiq, 1991). C. acutum, native to Southern Europe, is the only Cynanchum species mentioned in the Egyptian flora (Täckholm, 1974). Screening of the biological activities of the total alcoholic extract of the underground organs of C. acutum revealed that it could inhibit the force and frequency of the intestine, heart and uterine contraction; it also exhibited a marked anti-inflammatory effect (Tawfiq, 1991). The alcoholic extract of leaves could be used as anti-inflammatory, analg...