Hypolipidemic activities of Ficus racemosa linn. bark in alloxan induced diabetic rats

African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 279-288

  Sophia, D ^a   Manoharan, S ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Alloxan; Diabetes mellitus; Lipids; Lipoproteins

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALLOXAN; FATTY ACID; FICUS RACEMOSA EXTRACT; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PHOSPHOLIPID; PLANT EXTRACT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLOXAN DIABETES MELLITUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BARK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MECHANISM; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FICUS; FICUS RACEMOSA; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHOLIPID BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WISTAR RAT;

EID: 34250643974     PISSN: 01896016     EISSN: 01896016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ajtcam.v4i3.31220     Document Type: Article

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