The traditional plant treatment, Sambucus nigra (elder), exhibits insulin-like and insulin-releasing actions in vitro

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 15-20

  Gray, Alison M ^a   Abdel Wahab, Yasser H A ^a   Flatt, Peter R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Elder (Sambucus nigra); Insulin; Streptozotocin diabetic mice; Traditional plant treatments

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; INSULIN LIKE ACTIVITY; INSULIN RELEASE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

SAMBUCUS NIGRA;

EID: 0033986517     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/130.1.15     Document Type: Article

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