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The purpose of this study was to explore antioxidant and antihyperglycemic potential of methanolic and aqueous extracts of the stem of C. lanceolatus in vitro and in vivo. Methods: Phytoconstituents of C. lanceolatus stem were extracted in methanol and water sequentially followed by phytochemical analysis. The in vitro antioxidant potential of aqueous and methanolic extracts was assessed by metal ion chelating, free radical scavenging, and reducing power assays. The in vivo antihyperglycemic activity of the oral methanolic extract was studied in alloxan-induced diabetic rats. Bodyweight and blood glucose were monitored regularly. After the treatment period, serum was examined for total cholesterol, triglycerides, high-density lipoprotein (HDL), bilirubin, creatinine, urea, glutamate pyruvate transaminase (SGPT), glutamate oxaloacetate transaminase (SGOT), and alkaline phosphatase (ALP). Results: Methanolic extract exhibited superior antioxidant activity to aqueous extract. A marked increase in levels of serum markers, viz., glucose, triglycerides, total cholesterol, bilirubin, urea, creatinine, SGOT, SGPT, and ALP along with a reduction in HDL was observed in diabetic rats. Methanol extract treatment for 28 days accounted for a decrease in blood glucose and other metabolic markers accompanied by an improvement in body weight and HDL level in hyperglycemic rats. Conclusions: The present study suggests that C. lanceolatus methanolic stem extract possesses antioxidant and antihyperglycemic activities and has potential as a therapeutic agent in diabetes.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/medicines7030011","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,3,4]],"date-time":"2020-03-04T10:46:08Z","timestamp":1583318768000},"page":"11","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":24,"title":["The Antioxidant and Antihyperglycemic Activities of Bottlebrush Plant (Callistemon lanceolatus) Stem Extracts"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"7","author":[{"given":"Ramesh","family":"Kumar","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biochemistry, University of Allahabad, Allahabad 211 002, Uttar Pradesh, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6547-6312","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ashutosh","family":"Gupta","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biochemistry, University of Allahabad, Allahabad 211 002, Uttar Pradesh, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4438-4427","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Amit Kumar","family":"Singh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biochemistry, University of Allahabad, Allahabad 211 002, Uttar Pradesh, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9159-960X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Anupam","family":"Bishayee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Bradenton, FL 34211, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4774-3085","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Abhay K.","family":"Pandey","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biochemistry, University of Allahabad, Allahabad 211 002, Uttar Pradesh, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,3,4]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"2","article-title":"Renoprotective effect of cinnamaldehyde in food color induced toxicity","volume":"8","author":"Sharma","year":"2018","journal-title":"3Biotech"},{"key":"ref_2","first-page":"174","article-title":"Protective efficacy of Solanumxanthocarpum root extracts against free radical damage: Phytochemical analysis and antioxidant effect","volume":"58","author":"Kumar","year":"2012","journal-title":"Cell Mol. 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