J Ethnopharmacol. 1988 Dec; 24(2-3): 123-6.

Hypoglycemic activity of Artemisia herba alba.

Twaij HA, Al-Badr AA.

Department of Pharmacognosy and Pharmacology, Biological Research Centre, Baghdad, Iraq.

Artemisia herba alba has been widely used in Iraqi folk medicine for the treatment of diabetes mellitus. Oral administration of an aqueous extract (0.39 g/kg) of the aerial parts of this plant to normoglycemic and to alloxan-diabetic rabbits produced significant hypoglycemic activity, which was consistent and time-dependent.