Studies on the in vitro and in vivo hypoglycemic activities of some medicinal plants used in treatment of diabetes in Jordanian traditional medicine

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 117-121

  Hamdan, I I ^a   Afifi, F U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Ferula persica; Jordan; Paronychia argentea; Pistacia atlantica; Streptozocin induced diabetes; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; FERULA PERSICA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PARONYCHIA ARGENTEA EXTRACT; PISTACIA ATLANTICA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERULA PERSICA; HERBAL MEDICINE; HYPOGLYCEMIA; JORDAN; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PARONYCHIA ARGENTEA; PISTACIA ATLANTICA; RAT; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; JORDAN; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344;

EID: 2942566221     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2004.03.033     Document Type: Article

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