Anti-diabetic effect of Coptis Chinensis polysaccharide in high-fat diet with STZ-induced diabetic mice

For the past few years, numerous polysaccharides and polysaccharide-protein complexes have been isolated from plant or animal and used as a promising source of therapeutic agents for diabetes mellitus (DM). In this study, a water-soluble polysaccharide, named as CCPW-1, was extracted and fractioned from the roots of Coptis Chinensis by DEAE Sepharose Fast Flow anion-exchange and Sephadex G-100 column chromatography. The determination of the...