Hypoglycaemic activity of Nauclea latifolia sm. (Rubiaceae) in experimental animals

African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 201-208

  Gidado, Abubakar ^a   Ameh, Danladi A ^b   Atawodi, Sunday E ^b   Ibrahim, Sani ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI   (Nigeria)

^b AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Hypoglycaemia; Nauclea latifolia; Streptozotocin induced diabetes

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLUCOSE; HEXANE; NAUCLEA LATIFOLIA EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET RESTRICTION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLANT LEAF; RAT; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES;

EID: 54849436064     PISSN: 01896016     EISSN: 01896016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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