Hypoglycemic potencies of crude ethanolic extracts of cashew roots and unripe pawpaw fruits in guinea pigs and rats

Journal of Herbal Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-34

  Egwim, Evans ^a  

^a Federal Polytechnic Idah   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Cashew root; Cholesterol; Crude; Glucose; Hypoglycemic; Pawpaw fruit; Total lipid

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; CASHEW EXTRACT; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; GLYCOGEN; LIPID; PAWPAW EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASHEW NUT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG POTENCY; FRUIT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GUINEA PIG; HERBAL MEDICINE; HYPOGLYCEMIA; NONHUMAN; PAWPAW; PLANT ROOT; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANACARDIUM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ASIMINA; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; ETHANOL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; GUINEA PIGS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 27544476620     PISSN: 15228940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J157v05n01_04     Document Type: Article

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