Effects of three Mexican medicinal plants (Asteraceae) on blood glucose levels in healthy mice and rabbits

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 171-177

  Alarcon Aguilar, F J ^a   Roman Ramos, R ^a   Jimenez Estrada, M ^b   Reyes Chilpa, R ^b   Gonzalez Paredes, B ^b   Flores Saenz, J L ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Anti diabetic plants; Asteraceae; Benzoquinones; Furoeremophylanes; Hypoglycemic plants; Senecio spp

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; BENZOQUINONE DERIVATIVE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; PLANT EXTRACT; SUGAR; TOLBUTAMIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DRUG ISOLATION; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INTRAGASTRIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT ROOT; RABBIT; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030894760     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(96)01494-8     Document Type: Article

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