Effect of herbal hypoglycemic agents on oxidative stress and antioxidant status in diabetic rats

Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 8-15

  Mahdi, Abbas Ali ^a   Chandra, Anu ^d   Singh, Raj Kumar ^d   Shukla, Sanjeev ^d   Mishra, L C ^b   Ahmad, Sohail ^c  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CSJM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c Department of Pharmacology   (India)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Diabetes mellitus; Free radicals; Herbal hypoglycemic agents

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; FREE RADICAL; GARLIC EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; INSULIN; LIPID PEROXIDE; MALONALDEHYDE; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA EXTRACT; OCIMUM SANCTUM EXTRACT; STREPTOZOCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; GARLIC; HERB; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; NONHUMAN; OCIMUM SANCTUM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES;

ALLIUM; ALLIUM SATIVUM; ANIMALIA; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; MOMORDICA; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; OCIMUM; OCIMUM TENUIFLORUM;

EID: 0041932129     PISSN: 09701915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02867361     Document Type: Article

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