Hypolipidemic effect of Cuminum cyminum L. on alloxan-induced diabetic rats

Pharmacological Research

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 251-255

  Dhandapani, Surya ^a   Subramanian, Vijayakumar Ramasamy ^a   Rajagopal, Senthilkumar ^a   Namasivayam, Nalini ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Alloxan; Cuminum cyminum; Diabetes mellitus; Lipids

Indexed keywords

ALLOXAN; CHOLESTEROL; CUMINUM CYMINUM EXTRACT; FATTY ACID; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; PHOSPHOLIPID; PLANT EXTRACT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLOXAN DIABETES MELLITUS; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL INFILTRATION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUMIN; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS; PHOSPHOLIPID BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUPPLEMENTATION; TISSUE LEVEL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0036426430     PISSN: 10436618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1043-6618(02)00131-7     Document Type: Article

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