An investigation into the biochemical basis of the observed hyperglycaemia in rats treated with ethanol root extract of Plumbago zeylanica

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 346-348

  Olagunju, J A ^a   Jobi, A A ^a   Oyedapo, O O ^b  

^a OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Enzymes; Glycolysis; Hyperglycaemia; Plumbago zeylanica (Plumbaginaceae)

Indexed keywords

6 PHOSPHOFRUCTOKINASE; GLUCOSE; HEXOKINASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LACTIC ACID; PLUMBAGO ZEYLANICA EXTRACT; PYRUVATE KINASE; PYRUVIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE UTILIZATION; GLYCOLYSIS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; THIGH;

ANIMALS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

ANIMALIA; PLUMBAGINACEAE; PLUMBAGO ZEYLANICA;

EID: 0033033184     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199906)13:4<346::AID-PTR444>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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