An aqueous extract of the green leafy vegetable Ipomoea aquatica is as effective as the oral hypoglycaemic drug tolbutamide in reducing the blood sugar levels of wistar rats

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 635-637

  Malalavidhane, S ^a   Wickramasinghe, S M D N ^a   Jansz, E R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SRI JAYEWARDENEPURA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Hyperglycaemia; Medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

IPOMOEA AQUATICA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; TOLBUTAMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROVOCATION TEST; RAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS; GLUCOSE; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; IPOMOEA; MALE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TOLBUTAMIDE;

EID: 0034757583     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.851     Document Type: Article

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