Effects of ginger and clove oils on some physiological parameters in streptozotocin-diabetic and non-diabetic rats

Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 267-275

  Zari, Talal A ^a   Al Attar, Atef M ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Body weight temperature; Clove oil; Diabetes; Ginger oil; rats; Streptozotocin; Thyroid stimulating hormone; Thyroxine; Triiodothyronine

Indexed keywords

CLOVE OIL; GINGER EXTRACT; LIOTHYRONINE; STREPTOZOCIN; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC DIET; DRUG MECHANISM; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; RAT; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; WISTAR RAT;

EID: 33947289719     PISSN: 16824474     EISSN: 18125727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jms.2007.267.275     Document Type: Article

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