Hypoglycaemic action of the flavonoid fraction of Artocarpus heterophyllus leaf

African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 42-50

  Chandrika, U G ^a   Wedage, W S ^b   Wickramasinghe, S M D N ^a   Fernando, W S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SRI JAYEWARDENEPURA   (Sri Lanka)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Artocarpus heterophyllus; Flavonoids; Hypoglycaemic; Rats

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ARTOCARPUS HETEROPHYLLUS EXTRACT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; FLAVONOID; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; PLANT EXTRACT; TOLBUTAMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLOXAN DIABETES MELLITUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTOCARPUS HETEROPHYLLUS; AYURVEDA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG SYNTHESIS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERGLYCEMIA; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MORACEAE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; RAT; TOXICITY TESTING; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 33748635428     PISSN: 01896016     EISSN: 01896016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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