Hypoglycemic activity of aqueous extract of Pleurotus pulmonarius in alloxan-induced diabetic mice

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 421-425

  Badole, Sachin L ^a   Shah, Shweta N ^a   Patel, Naimesh M ^a   Thakurdesai, Prasad A ^a   Bodhankar, Subhash L ^a  

^a BHARATI VIDYAPEETH DEEMED UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Alloxan induced diabetic mice; Antidiabetic activity; Oral glucose tolerance test; Pleurotus pulmonarius

Indexed keywords

ALLOXAN; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLUCOSE; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; PLEUROTUS PULMONARIUS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ALLOXAN DIABETES MELLITUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; MOUSE; MUSHROOM; NONHUMAN; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PLEUROTUS; PLEUROTUS PULMONARIUS;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; LENTINACEAE; PLEUROTUS PULMONARIUS;

EID: 33747606310     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200600794196     Document Type: Article

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