Efficacy of some plant extracts in regulating corticosteroid-induced hyperglycaemia in mice

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 315-318

  Gholap, S ^a   Kar, A ^a  

^a DEVI AHILYA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Corticosteroid; Hyperglycaemia; Mice; Plant extracts

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOSE; GYMNEMA SYLVESTRE EXTRACT; HOERHAAVIA DIFFUSA EXTRACT; INULA RACEMOSE EXTRACT; KETO ZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; LIOTHYRONINE; OCIMUM SANCTUM EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BOERHAAVIA DIFFUSA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GYMNEMA SYLVESTRE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INULA RACEMOSA; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OCIMUM SANCTUM; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

ANIMALIA; GYMNEMA SYLVESTRE; INULA; OCIMUM; OCIMUM TENUIFLORUM;

EID: 0141427962     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/phbi.41.5.315.15939     Document Type: Article

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