Hypoglycemic activity of polysaccharide fractions containing β-glucans from extracts of Rhynchelytrum repens (Willd.) C.E. Hubb., Poaceae

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 885-893

  De Paula, A C C F F ^a   Sousa, R V ^b   Figueiredo Riberio, R C L ^a   Buckeridge, M S ^a  

^a Pós graduação em Biodiversidade Vegetal e Meio Ambiente   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cell wall; Diabetes mellitus; Grasses; Hypoglycemic activity; Rhynchelytrum repens; glucans

Indexed keywords

ARABINOSE; BETA GLUCAN; BETA GLUCAN HYDROLASE; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; POLYMER; RHAMNOSE; RHYNCHELYTRUM REPENS EXTRACT; SEPHAROSE; STREPTOZOCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLOSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RESPONSE; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; PLANT TISSUE; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; RAT; RHYNCHELYTRUM REPENS; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; POACEAE; RHYNCHELYTRUM REPENS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 21644463569     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2005000600010     Document Type: Article

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