Hypoglycemic effect of Ficus microcarpa leaves (Chinese Banyan) on alloxan-induced diabetic rats

Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 321-326

  Asok Kumar, K ^a   Uma Maheswari, M ^a   Sivashanmugam, A T ^a   Subhadra Devi, V ^a   Prasanth, N V ^a   Ravi, T K ^a  

^a SRI RAMAKRISHNA INSTITUTE OF PARAMEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Alloxan; Antioxidant enzymes; Ficus microcarpa; Hypoglycaemic activity

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALLOXAN; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; CATALASE; CHOLESTEROL; FICUS MICROCARPA EXTRACT; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLUCOSE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; PLANT EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ALLOXAN DIABETES MELLITUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; FICUS; FICUS MICROCARPA; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PLANT LEAF; RAT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

FICUS MICROCARPA; FICUS THONNINGII; RATTUS;

EID: 34250884535     PISSN: 17273048     EISSN: 18125719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2007.321.326     Document Type: Article

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