A chloroform extract obtained from a decoction of Ficus carica leaves improves the cholesterolaemic status of rats with streptozotocin-induced diabetes

Acta Physiologica Hungarica

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 71-76

  Canal, J R ^a   Torres, María Dolores ^a   Romero, Adelaida ^a   Pérez, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Diabetes; Ficus carica; Glycaemia

Indexed keywords

CHLOROFORM; CHOLESTEROL; FICUS CARICA EXTRACT; GLUCOSE; PLANT EXTRACT; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; STREPTOZOCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; RAT;

EID: 0033817214     PISSN: 0231424X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/APhysiol.87.2000.1.8     Document Type: Article

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2. Canal, J. R., Torres, M. D., Romero A., Pérez C.: Effect of an acid-insoluble fraction of a Ficus carica leaf extract on streptozotocin-induced diabetes. Accepted by J Bangladesh Acad. S.
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4. Pérez, C., Campillo, J. E., Canal, J. R., Romero, A., Torres, M. D.: Hypoglycaemic and hypolipidaemic activity of Ficus carica leaf acidic extract in streptozotocin diabetic rats. J. Bangladesh Acad. Sci. 21, 145-150 (1997).
5. Pérez, C., Domínguez, E., Canal, J. R., Campillo, J. E., Torres, M. D.: Hypolipidaemic activity of Ficus carica extract on streptozotocin diabetic rats. Phytotherapy Res. 10, 526-528 (1996).