Salacia

Salacia/Nutrient Depletion:

  • CholesterolCholesterol: In obese rats, oral administration of Salacia oblonga root extract lowered plasma triglyceride and total cholesterol levels (30).
  • GlucoseGlucose: In patients with type 2 diabetes and in healthy humans who took Salacia reticulata tea or Salacia oblonga extract, there was a significant decrease in the postprandial glucose response (42; 40; 41; 43). Similar effects were noted in animal and in vitro studies (44; 9; 45; 46; 47; 18; 48; 49; 50; 51; 21; 52; 22; 23; 53; 54; 16; 55).