Mullberry (Morus alba) – reduces the sugar blood level
Mulberry leaves inhibit activity of intestin enzymes and inhibit dissociation of carbohydrates which results in!inhibition of their absorption.
This action significantly reduces the glucose blood level in diabetics (1,2,3,4)
Mulberry supplementation significantly decreased fasting glucose
by 58% (1)
Reducton of glucose in diabetes before and afer Mulberry leaves supplementation (1)
Mullberry (Morus alba) has positve impact on the blood lipid profile
Mulberry supplementation improves significantly the blood lipid profile (1,2,4), lowered serum triglycerides (by 50%), total cholesterol (by 31%) and plasma free fatty acids (by 22%) respectively in diabetics1
Mulberry supplementation significantly lowered LDL-C (68%) and VLDL-C (43%) levels and increased HDL-C (54%) (1)
Mullberry (Morus alba) increases HDL-C and decreases VLDL-C1 (1)
Mullberry (Morus alba) improves diges/on process
Mulberry leaves supplementation improves pancreas activity and may improve the function of pancreas through inhibiting the inflammatory response and attenuating the oxidative stress in pancreas tissue. (3)
Literature:
1 Lipid abnormalities in streptozotocin-diabetes: Amelioration by Morus indica. L. cv Suguna leaves
B.Andallu, A.V. Vinay Kumar and N.Ch. Varadacharvulu
2 Effect of mulberry (Morus indica L.) therapy on plasma and erythrocyte membrane lipids in patients with type 2 diabetes. Andallu B., Survakantham V., Lakshmi Srikanthi B., Reddy G.K., Clin. Chim. Acta. 2001 Dec; 314 (1-2):47-53
3 Anti-diabetic effect of ramulus mori polysaccharides, isolated from Morus alba L., on STZ-diabetic mice through blocking inflammatory response and attenuating oxidative stress. Guo C., Li R., Zheng R., Zheng N., Xu L., Liang T., He Q.
4 Evaluation of hypoglycemic effect of Morus alba in an animal model Jamshid Mohammadi and Prakash R. Naik