Beneficial effects and mechanism of action of Momordica charantia juice in the treatment of streptozotocin-induced diabetes mellitus in rat

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 261, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 63-70

  Ahmed, I ^b   Adeghate, E ^b   Cummings, E ^a   Sharma, A K ^b   Singh, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Diabetes mellitus; Glucose; Insulin; L6 myotubes; Momordica charantia; Rats; Streptozotocin

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA EXTRACT; MYELIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE INHIBITOR; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION; STREPTOZOCIN; WORTMANNIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRUSH BORDER; CELL COUNT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG MECHANISM; FREEZE DRYING; FRUIT JUICE; GLUCOSE ABSORPTION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; JEJUNUM; MALE; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MUSCLE CELL; MYELINATED NERVE; MYOTUBE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET CELL; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PLASMA OSMOLARITY; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TIBIA; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BEVERAGES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; GLUCOSE; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; JEJUNUM; MALE; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

MOMORDICA; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA;

EID: 3442899940     PISSN: 03008177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:MCBI.0000028738.95518.90     Document Type: Article

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