Bauhinia forficata (Beef shank) : medicinal properties in alcoholic extraction

Bauhinia forficata (Beef shank) — family Caesalpiniacées.

This database documents alcoholic (ethanol) extractions of active substances. Our monograph currently lists 6 indications in alcoholic extraction for this species. The monograph draws on 34 scientific references recorded for the species.

Therapeutic indications in alcoholic extraction:

Note: scientific reference excerpts are kept in their original language (most often English), without translation, to respect the source text of publications.

1. Type II diabetes mellitus : Plant part used: Sheet. Documented pharmacological profile: Glibenclamide-like, Metformine-like.
   According to De Souza C (2004): The antidiabetic activity of aqueous, ethanolic & hexanic extracts of Bauhinia forficata was investigated in a model of alloxan-induced diabetes in rats. The alloxan-diabetic rats showed significant reductions in plasma glucose, triglycerides, total cholesterol & HDL-cholesterol after treatment with the extracts & Glibenclamide (used as standard) as compared to the diabetic controls. According to Barreto-Silva FRM (2002): Treatment of normal & alloxan-induced diabetic rats with BF decreased glucose levels, while this fraction was devoid of hypoglycemic effect in glucose-fed hyperglycemic normal rats.
2. Type 1 diabetes mellitus : Plant part used: Sheet. Documented pharmacological profile: Insuline-like.
   According to De Souza C (2004): The antidiabetic activity of aqueous, ethanolic & hexanic extracts of Bauhinia forficata was investigated in a model of alloxan-induced diabetes in rats. The alloxan-diabetic rats showed significant reductions in plasma glucose, triglycerides, total cholesterol & HDL-cholesterol after treatment with the extracts & Glibenclamide (used as standard) as compared to the diabetic controls. According to Barreto-Silva FRM (2002): Treatment of normal & alloxan-induced diabetic rats with BF decreased glucose levels, while this fraction was devoid of hypoglycemic effect in glucose-fed hyperglycemic normal rats.
3. Type II : Plant part used: Sheet. Documented pharmacological profile: Glibenclamide-like, Metformine-like, Glibenclamide-like, Metformine-like.
   According to De Souza C (2004): The antidiabetic activity of aqueous, ethanolic & hexanic extracts of Bauhinia forficata was investigated in a model of alloxan-induced diabetes in rats. The alloxan-diabetic rats showed significant reductions in plasma glucose, triglycerides, total cholesterol & HDL-cholesterol after treatment with the extracts & Glibenclamide (used as standard) as compared to the diabetic controls. According to Barreto-Silva FRM (2002): Treatment of normal & alloxan-induced diabetic rats with BF decreased glucose levels, while this fraction was devoid of hypoglycemic effect in glucose-fed hyperglycemic normal rats.

Further indications (including other extraction modes where applicable), dosages, precautions for use and full scientific references are available in the complete monograph.

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