Antihyperglycemic effects of Berberis lyceum royle in alloxan induced diabetic rats

Diabetologia Croatica

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 49-54

  Gulfraz, Muhammad ^a,b   Qadir, Ghulam ^a   Nosheen, Fatima ^a   Parveen, Zahida ^a  

^a PMAS ARID AGRICULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alloxan; Berberis lyceum; Diabetes; Therapeutic

Indexed keywords

ALLOXAN; BERBERIS LYCEUM EXTRACT; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLUCOSE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; INSULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BERBERIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT;

EID: 38849145667     PISSN: 03510042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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