Antidiabetic and antioxidant effects of Picrorhiza kurrooa rhizome extracts in diabetic rats

Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 238-242

  Chauhan, Shivkumar ^b   Nath, Nirmalendu ^a   Tule, Vinay ^b  

^a LAXMINARAYAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b Genetic Research Institute   (India)

Author keywords

Alloxan; Antidiabetic; Antioxidant; Picrorhiza kurrooa

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; INSULIN; NITRIC OXIDE; PEROXYNITRITE; PICRORHIZA KURROA EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE;

ALLOXAN DIABETES MELLITUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS; PICRORHIZA KURROA; RAT; RHIZOME; WISTAR RAT;

PICRORHIZA KURROOA; RATTUS;

EID: 56749185749     PISSN: 09701915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12291-008-0053-z     Document Type: Article

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