FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2007, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (8): 481-483.

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Study on Hypoglycemic Function of Opuntia Polysaccharides

 LIU  Shu-Xing, TANG  Meng-Zhong, LI  Hong   

  1. 1.College of Life Science and Technology, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi′an 710021, China;2.Xianyang Institute of Supervision and Testing on Product Quality, Xianyang 712081, China
  • Online:2007-08-15 Published:2011-10-24

Abstract: The hypoglycemic function of Opuntia polysaccharides is studied preliminary. The polysaccharides is injected into stomach of mice, which have diabetes mellitus caused by alloxan. After observation and detection about blood sugar, it is discovered that the polysaccharides has hypoglycemic function.

Key words: Opuntia polysaccharides, hypoglycemic function