Antidiabetic activity of 50% ethanolic extract of Ricinus communis and its purified fractions

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3458-3466

  Shokeen, Poonam ^a   Anand, Prachi ^a   Murali, Y Krishna ^a   Tandon, Vibha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Alloxan; Antidiabetic; Diabetes; Ricinus communis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; LIPID; PROTEIN; RICINUS COMMUNIS EXTRACT;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG PURIFICATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER FUNCTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BILIRUBIN; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CREATININE; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; ETHANOL; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; KIDNEY; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER; MALE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RICINUS; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RICINUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 54449083139     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2008.08.020     Document Type: Article

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