A study was undertaken to evaluate the hypoglycemic activity of polysaccharide extracted from
Lycium Barbarum
(LBP). The various parameters studied included body weight (bw), fasting blood glucose levels (FBG),
total cholesterol (TC) and triglyceride (TG) in diabetic and normal mice. LBP treatment (20, 40 mg/ kg body
weight) for 28 days resulted in a significant decrease in the concentration of FBG, TC and TG in diabetes
mellitus mice. Furthermore, LBP significantly increased body weight. The data demonstrated LBP at the dose of
40 mg/kg bw exhibited the better effect.
