Review Article
Traditional Uses, Phytochemistry, and Pharmacology of Olea europaea (Olive)
Table 3
Antidiabetic activities of Olea europaea.
| S. no. | Part/type of extract/compound | Disease/assay | Animal model | Effective dose | Reference drug | Reference |
| 1 | Olive leaf biophenols (oleuropein + hydroxytyrosol) | Insulin sensitivity improvement | Middle aged overweight men | 58.8 mg | — | [151] | 2 | Aqueous extract of leaves | Antidiabetic assay | Streptozotocin induced diabetic rats | 200 mg/Kg | Metformin | [259] | 3 | Oleanolic acid | Diabetic neuropathy prevention | Sprague Dawley rats | 60 mg/Kg | Streptozotocin | [149] | 4 | Ethanolic extract of leaves | Antidiabetic activity | Male adult Wistar rats | 0.5 g/Kg | Glibenclamide | [146] | 5 | Oleuropein and hydroxytyrosol | Antidiabetic and antioxidant activities | Adult male Wistar rats | 16 mg/Kg | Trolox | [145] | 6 | Oleuropein | Hypoglycemic and antioxidant effect | Male New Zealand rabbits | 20 mg/Kg | Alloxan | [143] | 7 | Oleanolic acid | Antihyperglycemic activity | In vitro | — | Oleuropein | [144] | 8 | Oleanolic acid demethyl | -Amylase and lipase inhibition | In vitro | — | Oleuropein | [117] |
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