Antidiabetic activity of some Indian medicinal plants

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 95-99

  Rafiullah, M R M ^a   Siddiqui, A W ^a   Mir, S R ^a   Ali, M ^a   Pillai, K K ^a   Singh, Surendar ^b  

^a HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Aqueous extracts; Gymnema sylvestre; Portulaca olearacea; Streptozotocin induced diabetic rats; Syzygium cumini

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLUCOSE; GYMNEMA SYLVESTRE EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PORTULACA OLERACEA EXTRACT; STREPTOZOCIN; SYZYGIUM CUMINI EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AYURVEDA; CLOVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GYMNEMA SYLVESTRE; HERBAL MEDICINE; MYRTACEAE; NONHUMAN; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PORTULACACEAE; RAT; SPECIES COMPARISON; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES;

ANIMALIA; GYMNEMA SYLVESTRE; MYRTACEAE; PORTULACA; PORTULACA OLERACEA; PORTULACACEAE; SYZYGIUM AROMATICUM; SYZYGIUM CUMINI;

EID: 33645079891     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200600591972     Document Type: Article

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