Alterations in intestinal morphology of streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats fed Jamaican bitter yam (Dioscorea polygonoides) steroidal sapogenin extract

Nutrition Research

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1569-1577

  McAnuff, Marie A ^a   Omoruyi, Felix O ^a   Gardner, Michael T ^a   Morrison, Errol Y ^a   Asemota, Helen N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Diosgenin; Intestine; Sapogenin; Streptozotocin; Yam

Indexed keywords

DIOSGENIN; SAPOGENIN; STEROID; STREPTOZOCIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIOSCOREA POLYGONOIDES; DIOSCOREACEAE; INTESTINE; INTESTINE CRYPT; INTESTINE VILLUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; YAM;

DIOSCOREA; DIOSCOREA ALATA; DIOSCOREA POLYGONOIDES; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0142120713     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0271-5317(03)00163-5     Document Type: Article

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