Hyperglycaemic effect of Artocarpus communis Forst (Moraceae) root bark aqueous extract in Wistar rats

Cardiovascular Journal of South Africa

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 221-227

  Adewole, Stephen O ^a   Ojewole, John A O ^b  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b University of KwaZulu Natal Faculty of Health Sciences   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTOCARPUS COMMUNIS EXTRACT; GLUCOKINASE; HEXOKINASE; HYPERGLYCEMIC AGENT; LIVER ENZYME; STREPTOZOCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; GLUCOSE; GLYCOGEN; INSULIN; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BARK; BODY WEIGHT; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCOGEN LIVER LEVEL; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOINSULINEMIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MORACEAE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS; PLANT ROOT; POLYURIA; RAT; TOXICITY TESTING; ARTOCARPUS COMMUNIS; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; HYPERGLYCEMIA; LIVER; MORACEAE; PANCREAS; PILOT PROJECTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STREPTOZOCIN;

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