Screening of Jordanian flora for α-amylase inhibitory activity

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 10-11, 2008, Pages 746-750

  Hamdan, Imad I ^a   Afifi, Fatma U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Amylase inhibitors; Anti diabetics; Arbutus andrachne; Hypericum triquetrifolium; Osyris alba; Sarcopotarium spinosum

Indexed keywords

ACARBOSE; ALKALOID; AMYLASE INHIBITOR; ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; ARBUTUS ANDRACHNE EXTRACT; FLAVONOID; GLUCOSE; HYPERICUM TRIQUETRIFOLIUM EXTRACT; OSYRIS ALBA EXTRACT; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; SARCOPOTARIUM SPINOSUM EXTRACT; TERPENOID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG SCREENING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERGLYCEMIA; IC 50; IN VIVO STUDY; JORDAN; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANDRACHNE; ARBUTUS ANDRACHNE; CLUSIACEAE; ERICACEAE; HYPERICUM TRIQUETRIFOLIUM; OSYRIS ALBA; RATTUS; ROSACEAE; SANTALACEAE;

EID: 57649202226     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200802316053     Document Type: Article

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