The hypog]ycemic etfects of Lagerstroemia speciosa L., known by the Taga]og name of banaba in the Phi]tipines, were studied using hereditary diabetic mice (Type II, KK-AYfTa Jcl). The mice were fed a test diet containing 5ei3 of the hot-water extract (HWE) from banaha leaves, 3% of the water e]uent of the partial fraction unadsorbed onto HP-20 resin ef HWE (HPWE), and 2% of the methanot etuent ...
