Insulin-secretagogue activity and cytoprotective role of the traditional antidiabetic plant Scoparia dulcis (Sweet Broomweed)

Life Sciences

Volumn 75, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 2003-2014

  Latha, Muniappan ^a   Pari, Leelavinothan ^a   Sitasawad, Sandhya ^b   Bhonde, Ramesh ^b  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NATIONAL CENTRE FOR CELL SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Insulin secretion; Nitric oxide; RIN cells; Scoparia dulcis extract

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; GLUCOSE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; INSULIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; PLANT EXTRACT; SCOPARIA DULCIS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL DEATH; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RELEASE; INSULINOMA; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PANCREAS ISLET; RAT; SCOPARIA; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY WEIGHT; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; INDIA; INSULIN; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NITRIC OXIDE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SCOPARIA; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

SCOPARIA; SCOPARIA DULCIS;

EID: 4143052582     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2004.05.012     Document Type: Article

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