Antidiabetic activity of ethanol extract of Cassia kleinii leaf in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats and isolation of an active fraction and toxicity evaluation of the extract

Indian Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 290-296

  Babu, V ^a   Gangadevi, T ^b   Subramoniam, A ^a  

^a Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute   (India)

^b Govt College   (India)

Author keywords

Antihyperglycemic activity; C. kleinii; Diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CASSIA KLEINII EXTRACT; CHLOROFORM; CHOLESTEROL; COUMARIN; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLUCOSE; GLYCOGEN; INSULIN; LIPID; PETROLEUM ETHER; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEIN; SAPONIN; STREPTOZOCIN; TERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CASSIA KLEINII; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ISOLATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCOGEN LIVER LEVEL; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PLANT LEAF; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; SERUM; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; TOXICITY TESTING; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0142042928     PISSN: 02537613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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