Evaluation of Picralima nitida: Hypoglycemic activity, toxicity and analytical standards

International Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 574-578

  Inya Agha, S I ^a   Ezea, S C ^a   Odukoya, O A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Analytical standards; Hypoglucemic activity; Phytochemical screening; Picralima nitida; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; ALLOXAN; CARBOHYDRATE; FLAVONOID; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLYCOSIDE; PICRALIMA NITIDA EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; RESIN; SAPONIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STEROID; TANNIN; TERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOCYNACEAE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET RESTRICTION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG SCREENING; EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; PICRALIMA NITIDA; PLANT MORPHOLOGY; PLANT SEED; QUALITY CONTROL; RAT; RAT STRAIN;

EID: 33750284876     PISSN: 18117775     EISSN: 18125700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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