Antihyperglycemic profile of Trichosanthes dioica seeds in experimental models

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 360-365

  Rai, Prashant Kumar ^a   Jaiswal, Dolly ^a   Diwakar, Sandhya ^b   Watal, Geeta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALLAHABAD   (India)

^b INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Antihyperglycemic; Cucurbitaceae; Diabetes; Glucose tolerance test; Streptozotocin; Tolbutamide; Trichosanthes dioica seeds

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HYPERGLYCEMIC AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; TRICHOSANTHES DIOICA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; FASTING BLOOD GLUCOSE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; RAT; TRICHOSANTHES DIOICA;

ANIMALIA; CUCURBITACEAE; RATTUS; TRICHOSANTHES DIOICA;

EID: 42149151021     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200801888011     Document Type: Article

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