Antidiabetic, antihypercholesterolaemic and antioxidant effect of Ocimum sanctum (Linn) seed oil

Indian Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 300-304

  Gupta, Shweta ^a   Mediratta, Pramod K ^a   Singh, Surender ^b   Sharma, K K ^a   Shukla, Rimi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Hypocholesterolaemic agents; Ocimum sanctum; Seed oil

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; GLUTATHIONE; OCIMUM OIL; PLANT EXTRACT; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; VEGETABLE OIL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASIL; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET THERAPY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT SEED; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; GLUTATHIONE; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; OCIMUM; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT OILS; RABBITS; SEEDS; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES;

OCIMUM BASILICUM; OCIMUM TENUIFLORUM; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 33646012984     PISSN: 00195189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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