Effect of bitter gourd (Momordica charantia) on glycaemic status in streptozotocin induced diabetic rats

Plant Foods for Human Nutrition

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 109-112

  Shetty, A K ^a   Kumar, G Suresh ^a   Sambaiah, K ^a   Salimath, P V ^a  

^a CENTRAL FOOD TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Bitter gourd; Diabetes; Fasting blood glucose; Glomerular filtration rate; Urine sugar

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRINKING; DRUG EFFECT; EXPERIMENTAL DIABETES MELLITUS; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSURIA; MALE; METABOLISM; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; PHYTOTHERAPY; RAT; WEIGHT GAIN; WISTAR RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DRINKING; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; GLYCOSURIA; MALE; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; WEIGHT GAIN;

MOMORDICA CHARANTIA;

EID: 26244435115     PISSN: 09219668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11130-005-6837-x     Document Type: Article

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