Antidiabetic activity of Aloe vera and histology of organs in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats

Current Science

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1070-1076

  Noor, Ayesha ^a   Gunasekaran, S ^b   Soosai Manickam, A ^b   Vijayalakshmi, M A ^a  

^a VIT UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Aloe vera; Antidiabetic activity; Blood glucose; Pancreas; Streptozotocin induced diabetes

Indexed keywords

ALOE VERA; RATTUS;

EID: 43949098249     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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