Hypoglycemic Activities of a Mangrove Plant Rhizophora apiculata Blume

Natural Product Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 11-15

  Sur, Tapas Kumar ^a   Seal, Tapan ^b   Pandit, Srikanta ^c   Bhattacharyya, Dipankar ^a  

^a Dr BC Roy Post Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences   (India)

^b BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Glucose; Hypoglycemic; Rhizophora apiculata; Streptozotocin

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT; RHIZOPHORA APICULATA EXTRACT; STREPTOZOCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIHYPERGLYCEMIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG SAFETY; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INDIA; MANGROVE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; RAT; RHIZOPHORA APICULATA; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES;

EID: 1542378252     PISSN: 12263907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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