Hypoglycemic and hypolipidemic action of Du-zhong (Eucommia ulmoides Oliver) leaves water extract in C57BL/KsJ-db/db mice

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 412-417

  Park, Sun Ae ^a   Choi, Myung Sook ^b   Kim, Myung Joo ^c   Jung, Un Ju ^b   Kim, Hye Jin ^b   Park, Kwan Kyu ^d   Noh, Hey Jeong ^d   Park, Hae Mo ^e   Park, Yong Bok ^b   Lee, Jeong Sook ^g   Lee, Mi Kyung ^f  

^a Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

^b Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^c Daegu Polytechnic College   (South Korea)

^d The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^e Sangji University   (South Korea)

^f Sunchon National University   (South Korea)

^g Kosin University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Blood glucose lowering; db db mice; Du zhong; Lipid metabolism

Indexed keywords

C PEPTIDE; CHINESE DRUG; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; DU ZHONG; EUCOMMIA ULMOIDES EXTRACT; FATTY ACID; FATTY ACID SYNTHASE; GLUCAGON; GLUCOKINASE; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATASE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; INSULIN; LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYKINASE (GTP); TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFICACY; ECUOMMIA ULMOIDES; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUCOMMIACEAE; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; GLYCOLYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER METABOLISM; LIVER MICROSOME; LIVER MITOCHONDRION; MALE; MOUSE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; ANTILIPEMIC AGENTS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; C-PEPTIDE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; EUCOMMIACEAE; GLUCAGON; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; GLYCOLYSIS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; HYPOLIPIDEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPIDS; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PANCREAS; PLANT LEAVES; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; EUCOMMIA ULMOIDES;

EID: 33748530995     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2006.03.034     Document Type: Article

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