Actions of the traditional anti-diabetic plant, Agrimony eupatoria (agrimony): Effects on hyperglycaemia, cellular glucose metabolism and insulin secretion

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 109-114

  Gray, Alison M ^a,b   Flatt, Peter R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MUSGRAVE PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Insulin; Traditional plant therapies

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; DEOXYGLUCOSE; GLUCOSE; GLYCOGEN; INSULIN; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL METABOLISM; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLUCOSE OXIDATION; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERPHAGIA; INSULIN RELEASE; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; POLYDIPSIA; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGRIMONIA; AGRIMONY EUPATORIA; ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031858133     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0007114598001834     Document Type: Article

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