Some toxicological studies of Momordica charantia L. on albino rats in normal and alloxan diabetic rats

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 236-242

  Abd El Sattar El Batran, Seham ^a   El Gengaihi, Souad E ^a   El Shabrawy, Osama A ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Glucose; Kidney function; Lipid components; Liver function; Momordica charantia L.

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALLOXAN; ANIMALS; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; BEVERAGES; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FRUIT; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; LIVER; MALE; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TRANSAMINASES; TRIGLYCERIDES; WEIGHT GAIN;

CUCURBITACEAE; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 33750348125     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2006.05.015     Document Type: Article

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