Sydney: Ginger could help manage high levels of blood sugar
which create complications for long-term diabetic patients. A
new report reveals the potential power of ginger to control
blood glucose by using muscle cells. Ginger extracts were able
to increase the uptake of glucose into muscle cells
independently of insulin, says Basil Roufogalis, professor of
pharmaceutical chemistry, University of Syndey, who led the
study. “This assists in the management of high levels of blood
sugar that create complications for long-term diabetic patients,
and may allow cells to operate independently of insulin,” says
Roufogalis, the journal Planta Medica reports. “The components
responsible for the increase in glucose were gingerols — the
major phenolic components of the ginger rhizome. Under normal
conditions, blood glucose level is strictly maintained within a
narrow range, and skeletal muscle is a major site of glucose
clearance in the body,” says Roufogalis, according to a Sydney
statement. The pharmacy researchers extr