Anti-diabetic potentials of Momordica charantia and Andrographis paniculata and their effects on estrous cyclicity of alloxan-induced diabetic rats

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 105, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 196-200

  Reyes, B A S ^a,b   Bautista, N D ^b   Tanquilut, N C ^b   Anunciado, R V ^c   Leung, A B ^b   Sanchez, G C ^b   Magtoto, R L ^a,b   Castronuevo, P ^d   Tsukamura, H ^e   Maeda, K I ^e  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Pampanga Agricultural College   (Philippines)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES LOS BAÑOS   (Philippines)

^d KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alloxan; Andrographis paniculata; Diabetes; Estrous cycle; Momordica charantia

Indexed keywords

ALLOXAN; ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA EXTRACT; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA EXTRACT;

ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; NONHUMAN; RAT; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES;

ALLOXAN; ANDROGRAPHIS; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GLYCOSURIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; MOMORDICA; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA; ANIMALIA; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA;

EID: 33645311509     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2005.10.018     Document Type: Article

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