Potential Anti-diabetic Effects and Safety of Aqueous Extracts of Urtica dioica Collected from Narok County, Kenya

Mwangi J Mukundi^1,2*, Njagi EN Mwaniki¹, Ngugi M Piero¹, Njagi J Murugi³, Juma K Kelvin¹, Abdirahman A Yusuf¹, Mwonjoria K John¹, Ngetich K Alex⁷, Agyirifo S Daniel^1,4, Gathumbi K Peter⁵ and Muchugi N Alice⁶

¹Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, School of Pure and Applied Sciences, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya

²Department of Science, Narok Teachers Training College, Narok, Kenya

³Department of Environmental and Population Health, School of Public Health, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya

⁴Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Cape Coast, Ghana

⁵Department of Veterinary Pathology, Microbiology and Parasitology, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

⁶Genetic Resources Unit, World Agroforestry Centre, Nairobi, Kenya

⁷Department of Biochemistry, Technical University of Kenya, Kenya