Garlic Chemical Tablet Treats Diabetes 1 And 2
November 19, 2008
Digg This! | Send to Newsvine | Add to del.icio.usNovember 19, 2008 (EurekAlert) - A drug based on a chemical found in garlic can treat diabetes types I and II when taken as a tablet, a study in the new Royal Society of Chemistry journal Metallomics says.
When Hiromu Sakurai and colleagues from the Suzuka University of Medical Science, Japan, gave the drug orally to type I diabetic mice, they found it reduced blood glucose levels.
The drug is based on vanadium and allixin, a compound found in garlic, and its action described in an Advance Article from Metallomics available free online from today. The first issue of the new journal will be published in 2009.
In previous work they had discovered the vanadium-allixin compound treated both diabetes types when injected, but this new study shows the drug has promise as an oral treatment for the disease.
Type I diabetes (insulin dependent) is currently treated with daily injections of insulin, while type II (non-insulin dependent) is treated with drugs bearing undesirable side-effects – the authors note neither treatment is ideal.
The researchers aim to test the drug in humans in future work.
Posted by dlife at November 19, 2008 09:48 AM
Comments
Yes, I wish they would hurry up and stop wasting time experimenting on animals only. Yes, this therapy combining vanadium and garlic extract is for BOTH type1 & 2's and is said to be esp potent, even obviating the need for insulin in the former case.
Note that the garlic extract is NOT the common allicin but Allixin, which comes in tiny amounts, hence you can't get enough from eating a bit of garlic. One could try ageing the garlic however as this increases the allixin content which crystallises on the surface or skin. So do not peel that off, just wash and pop into your mouth!!
Posted by: cjuan at June 28, 2009 11:48 PM
What is the recommended daily intake? Perhaps the study suggests an amount or someone has an idea. garlic supplements are readiloy available and cheap!
Posted by: Steve at November 30, 2008 02:02 PM
It is Type 2 diabetes not Type II(that is the old way of designation) as mentioned in your article to avoid confusion between Type 1 and 2.
Posted by: Cherrie Cherrington at November 25, 2008 04:31 PM
Oh please hurry up with this--------I'm type two, whose strict control has gone completely haywire for no apparent reason. This sounds like exactly what people like me are looking for!
Posted by: Susan Attwood at November 25, 2008 02:43 PM
will type 11's be considered for the study?
Posted by: Yusuf%20Shakuur at November 25, 2008 01:12 PM