Alteration of rat hepatic glycogen phosphorylase and phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase activities by Satureja khuzestanica Jamzad essential oil

Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 310-314

  Saadat, Maryam ^a,b   Pournourmohammadi, Shirin ^a,b   Donyavi, Mohadeseh ^a,b   Khorasani, Reza ^a,b   Amin, Gholamreza ^a,b   Salehnia, Ali Nazar ^a,b   Abdollahi, Mohammad ^a,b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; ESSENTIAL OIL; GLUCOSE; GLYCOGEN PHOSPHORYLASE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYKINASE (GTP); PLANT EXTRACT; SATUREJA KHUZESTANICA JAMAD EXTRACT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FREEZING; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLUCOSE ASSAY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLYCOGENOLYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; INCISION; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER HOMOGENATE; LIVER LEVEL; LIVER PERFUSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; GLYCOGEN PHOSPHORYLASE; GLYCOGEN PHOSPHORYLASE, MUSCLE FORM; HEPATOCYTES; LIVER; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SATUREJA;

EID: 27444445602     PISSN: 14821826     EISSN: 14821826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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