Antidiabetic activity of Croton klozchianus in rats and direct stimulation of insulin secretion in-vitro

Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 371-376

  Govindarajan, R ^a   Vijayakumar, M ^a   Rao, Ch V ^a   Pushpangadan, P ^b   Asare Anane, Henry ^c   Persaud, Shanta ^c   Jones, Peter ^c   Houghton, Peter J ^c  

^a CSIR NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b AMITY UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; CROTON KLOZCHIANUS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; STREPTOZOCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROTON KLOZCHIANUS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG ACTIVITY; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IN VITRO STUDY; INSULIN RELEASE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CELL LINE; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CROTON; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; MALE; MEDICINE, AYURVEDIC; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 39449107561     PISSN: 00223573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1211/jpp.60.3.0013     Document Type: Article

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