The effects of a decoction prepared from the leaves and unripe fruits of crataegus aronia in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats

Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Ljubuncic, Predrag ^a   Azaizeh, Hassan ^b,c   Cogan, Uri ^a   Bomzon, Arieh ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b Galilee Society   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Crataegus aronia syn. azarolus; Diabetes; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CRATAEGUS ARONIA EXTRACT; CRATAEGUS EXTRACT; GLUCOSE; GLUTATHIONE; LIPID PEROXIDE; STREPTOZOCIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRATAEGUS; CRATAEGUS ARONIA; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FRUIT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER HOMOGENATE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT LEAF; RAT; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 33746047534     PISSN: 15533840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1553-3840.1027     Document Type: Article

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