Effect of the desert plant Retama raetam on glycaemia in normal and streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 21-25

  Maghrani, Mhamed ^a   Lemhadri, Ahmed ^a   Jouad, Hassan ^a   Michel, Jean Baptiste ^b   Eddouks, Mohamed ^a  

^a MOULAY ISMAIL UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Aqueous extract; Blood glucose levels; Hypoglycaemic activity; Oral administration; Retama raetam; Streptozotocin induced diabetic rats

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; PLANT EXTRACT; RETAMA RAETUM EXTRACT; STREPTOZOCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESERT; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS; RAT; RETAMA RAETUM; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES;

RETAMA RAETAM;

EID: 0038689235     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(03)00104-1     Document Type: Article

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