A study on the glycaemic balance in streptozotocin-diabetic rats treated with an aqueous extract of Ficus carica (Fig tree) leaves

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 82-83

  Perez C ^a   Dominguez E ^a   Ramiro, J M ^a   Romero, A ^a   Campillo, J E ^a   Torres, M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antidiabetic plants; Ficus carica; Glycaemic balance; Hypoglycaemic activity; Streptozotocin diabetic

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; FICUS CARICA EXTRACT; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; NEUTRAL INSULIN; PLANT EXTRACT; STREPTOZOCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RAT; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0030020430     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199602)10:1<82::AID-PTR776>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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