The ethanolic extract is developed using a process used in fine liquor distillation, while the second is prepared by evaporating a watery solution.
Results showed that rodents treated with the ethanolic extract, saw their blood glucose levels reduce to 94 percent, 81 percent, 66 percent, 45 percent and 40 percent at one, three, five, seven and nine hours respectively.
The aqueous solution, on the other hand, had no effect at all.
What’s more, the study demonstrated that treatment with juniper berry extract reduced total cholesterol and triglyceride levels by 57 percent and 37 percent, respectively, compared with a control group.
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