Effects of Aloe vera ingestion in the rat. II. Hormonal and metabolic characteristics

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 355-360

  Herlihy, J T ^a   Kim, J D ^a,b   Kalu, D N ^a   Nelson, J F ^a   Ward, W F ^a   Ikeno, Y ^a   Yu, B P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Calcitonin; Glucose; Insulin; Lipid peroxides; Malondialdehyde; Parathyroid hormone; Protein turnover

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN; CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; MALONALDEHYDE; PARATHYROID HORMONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART MITOCHONDRION; HORMONAL REGULATION; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER MITOCHONDRION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PROTEIN METABOLISM; RAT;

ALOE BARBADENSIS; ALOE VERA;

EID: 0031868213     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199808)12:5<355::AID-PTR314>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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