Plasma glucose lowering effect of the wild Satureja khuzestanica jamzad essential oil in diabetic rats: Role of decreased gluconeogenesis

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 140-145

  Shahsavari, R ^a,c   Ehsani Zonouz, A ^a   Houshmand, M ^b   Salehnia, A ^a   Ahangari, G ^b   Firoozra, M ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c LORESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antidiabetic; Diabetic rats; Gene expression; Glycoregulatory enzyme; Medicinal plant; Satureja khuzestanica jamzad

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; GLYCOGEN PHOSPHORYLASE; INSULIN; MESSENGER RNA; VEGETABLE OIL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL DIABETES MELLITUS; GENETICS; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; RAT; SAVORY; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLYCOGEN PHOSPHORYLASE; INSULIN; LIVER; MALE; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT OILS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; SATUREJA;

RATTUS; SATUREJA;

EID: 60549098821     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2009.140.145     Document Type: Article

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