Effect of crude extract and fractions from Vitex megapotamica leaves on hyperglycemia in alloxan-diabetic rats

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 151-155

  Zanatta, Leila ^a   de Sousa, Eliandra ^a   Cazarolli, Luisa Helena ^a   Junior, Anildo Cunha ^a   Pizzolatti, Moacir Geraldo ^a   Szpoganicz, Bruno ^a   Silva, Fátima Regina Mena Barreto ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alloxan; Diabetes; Hypoglycemia; Medicinal plants; Vitex megapotamica (Verbenaceae)

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ALLOXAN; BIOHULIN; BUTANOL; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; PLANT EXTRACT; TOLBUTAMIDE; VITEX MEGAPOTAMICA EXTRACT;

ALLOXAN DIABETES MELLITUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INSULIN RELEASE; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; RAT; RAT STRAIN; VITEX MEGAPOTAMICA;

ACETATES; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; MALE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOLVENTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; TOLBUTAMIDE; VITEX;

ANIMALIA; VERBENACEAE; VITEX;

EID: 33751437447     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2006.07.019     Document Type: Article

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