Hypoglycemic and hypocholesterolemic activities of the aqueous leaf and seed extract of Phyllanthus amarus in mice

Fitoterapia

Volumn 77, Issue 7-8, 2006, Pages 511-514

  Adeneye, A A ^a   Amole, O O ^a   Adeneye, A K ^b  

^a LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b NIGERIAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Hypocholesterolemia; Hypoglycemia; Phyllanthus amarus

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; PHYLLANTHUS AMARUS EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFECT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHYLLANTHUS AMARUS; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; MALE; MICE; PHYLLANTHUS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; SEEDS;

PHYLLANTHUS AMARUS;

EID: 33751120969     PISSN: 0367326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fitote.2006.05.030     Document Type: Article

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