The Rural Development Administration says that tangerines are effective in improving the symptoms of diabetes.

The administration said it fed a group of mice that had diabetic symptoms tangerine extracts. The control group was only given high-fat feed.

The mice that ate the tangerines showed a ten-percent drop in weight and a 28-percent decrease in blood sugar levels.

The administration said that these findings will help develop food or medicine to treat diabetes effectively by using the fruit's extracts.