Role of in vivo leaf and in vitro callus of Gymnema sylvestre in maintaining the normal levels of blood glucose and lipid profile in diabetic Wistar rats

Biomedicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 134-138

  Ahmed, A Bakrudeen Ali ^a   Rao, A S ^a   Rao, M V ^a  

^a BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Alloxan; Blood glucose; Callus extracts; Diabetes; Gymnema sylvestre; Lipid profile

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; GYMNEMA SYLVESTRE EXTRACT; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; ISOPHANE INSULIN; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLUE LIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT TISSUE; RAT; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALIA; GYMNEMA SYLVESTRE; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 58349110428     PISSN: 09702067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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