Antidiabetic activity of Cassia auriculata flowers: Effect on lipid peroxidation in streptozotocin diabetes rats

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 512-517

  Pari, L ^a   Latha, M ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Cassia auriculata; Catalase; Diabetes; Glucose; Glutathione; Glutathione peroxidase; Glutathione S transferase; Insulin; Lipid peroxidation

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; CASSIA AURICULATA EXTRACT; CATALASE; FREE RADICAL; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLUCOSE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; INSULIN; LIPID PEROXIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CASSIA AURICULATA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ISOLATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOWER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HERBAL MEDICINE; INDIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANIMALIA; CASSIA; CASSIA AURICULATA; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0038723560     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/phbi.40.7.512.14683     Document Type: Article

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