Antidiabetes and anti-obesity activity of Lagerstroemia speciosa

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 401-407

  Klein, Guy ^a   Kim, Jaekyung ^b   Himmeldirk, Klaus ^b   Cao, Yanyan ^b   Chen, Xiaozhuo ^a,b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Glucose transport; Obesity; PGG; Plant extract

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIOBESITY AGENT; COROSOLIC ACID; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LAGERSTROEMIN; PENTA O GALLOYL GLUCOPYRANOSE; PLANT EXTRACT; TANNIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADIPOCYTE; ADIPOGENESIS; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG TARGETING; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HERBAL MEDICINE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LAGERSTROEMIA; LAGERSTROEMIA SPECIOSA; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PHILIPPINES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREE;

EID: 38349057820     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ecam/nem013     Document Type: Review

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