α-Glucosidase Inhibitory Activity of Some Sri Lanka Plant Extracts, One of Which, Cassia auriculata, Exerts a Strong Antihyperglycemic Effect in Rats Comparable to the Therapeutic Drug Acarbose

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2541-2545

  Abesundara, Kanthi J M ^a   Matsui, Toshiro ^a   Matsumoto, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glucosidase; Antidiabetic plants; Cassia auriculata; Diabetes mellitus control; Phylanthus embelica; Pterocarpus marsupium

Indexed keywords

ACARBOSE; ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE INHIBITOR; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; CASSIA AURICULATA EXTRACT; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; MALTOSE; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASSIA AURICULATA; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENCY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FLOWER; FRUIT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE ACTION; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KINO; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PHYLANTHUS EMBELICA; PLANT; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SRI LANKA;

ACARBOSE; ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASES; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CASSIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; KINETICS; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SRI LANKA;

ANIMALIA; CASSIA AURICULATA; PTEROCARPUS; PTEROCARPUS MARSUPIUM;

EID: 2342614926     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf035330s     Document Type: Article

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