Antihyperglycaemic activity of Musa sapientum flowers: Effect on lipid peroxidation in alloxan diabetic rats

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 136-138

  Pari, L ^a   Umamaheswari, J ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Chloroform extract; Diabetes; Lipid peroxidation; Musa sapientum

Indexed keywords

ALLOXAN; CATALASE; FREE RADICAL; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLUCOSE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; MUSA SAPIENTUM EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; HYPERGLYCEMIA; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MUSA SAPIENTUM; NONHUMAN; PHYTOTHERAPY; RAT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ALLOXAN; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CATALASE; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HEMOGLOBINS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; KIDNEY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; MALE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES; ZINGIBERALES;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS; MUSA X PARADISIACA;

EID: 0034069828     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(200003)14:2<136::AID-PTR607>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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