Preliminary studies on the inorganic constituents of some indigenous hypoglycaemic herbs on oral glucose tolerance test

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 179-184

  Kar, Ajit ^a   Choudhary, B K ^b   Bandyopadhyay, N G ^c  

^a Satsang Herbal Res Analyt Labs   (India)

^b AS College ^*  (India)

^c Government Ayurvedic College   (India)

Author keywords

Albino rats; Hypoglycaemic activity; Medicinal plants; Oral glucose tolerance test

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; INORGANIC COMPOUND; PLANT EXTRACT; POTASSIUM; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EXPERIMENTAL DIABETES MELLITUS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INDIA; INSULIN RELEASE; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; RAT; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; ETHANOL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RATS;

EID: 0032995464     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(98)00118-4     Document Type: Article

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