Effects and toxicity of Eugenia punicifolia extracts in streptozotocin-diabetic rats

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 35-43

  Brunetti, I L ^a   Vendramini, R C ^a   Januario A M ^b   Franca S C ^a   Pepato, M T ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RIBEIRÃO PRETO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antidiabetic activity; Chronic treatment; Eugenia punicifolia; Marker enzymes; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMYLASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; BUTANOL; CHOLESTEROL; CREATINE KINASE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; EUGENIA JAMBOLANA EXTRACT; EUGENIA PUNICIFOLIA EXTRACT; EUGENIA UNIFLORA EXTRACT; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; GLYCOGEN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANOREXIA; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BODY WEIGHT; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; EUGENIA; EUGENIA JAMBOLANA; EUGENIA PUNICIFOLIA; EUGENIA UNIFLORA; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE URINE LEVEL; GLYCOGEN LIVER LEVEL; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PROTEIN METABOLISM; RAT; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; TOXICITY TESTING; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE VOLUME;

ANIMALIA; EUGENIA; EUGENIA UNIFLORA; SYZYGIUM CUMINI;

EID: 33644967476     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200500530575     Document Type: Article

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