Hypoglycemic, vasorelaxant and hepatoprotective effects of Cochlospermum vitifolium (Willd.) Sprengel: A potential agent for the treatment of metabolic syndrome

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 400-405

  Sanchez Salgado J C ^a   Ortiz Andrade, R R ^a   Aguirre Crespo, F ^a   Vergara Galicia, J ^a   Leon Rivera I ^b   Montes, S ^c   Villalobos Molina, R ^d   Estrada Soto, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MORELOS   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES QUÍMICAS   (Mexico)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cochlospermum vitifolium; Hepatoprotective; Hypoglycemic; Metabolic syndrome; Mexican medicinal plants; Naringenin; Vasorelaxant

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; COCHLOSPERMUM VITIFOLIUM EXTRACT; DICHLOROMETHANE; GLUCOSE; HEXANE; METFORMIN; METHANOL; NARINGENIN; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BARK; COCHLOSPERMUM VITIFOLIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; LIVER PROTECTION; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NONHUMAN; RAT; VASODILATATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; AORTA, THORACIC; BIXACEAE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HEXANES; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; LIVER; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; METHANOL; METHYLENE CHLORIDE; MEXICO; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

COCHLOSPERMUM VITIFOLIUM; RATTUS;

EID: 33846046424     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2006.08.008     Document Type: Article

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