Antihyperglycemic and antioxidant effect of Berberis aristata root extract and its role in regulating carbohydrate metabolism in diabetic rats

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-26

  Singh, Jyotsna ^a   Kakkar, Poonam ^a  

^a CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Antihyperglycemic activity; Antioxidant activity; Berberine; Berberis aristata; Carbohydrate metabolism; Diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

ALLOXAN; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; BERBAMINE; BERBERINE; BERBERIS ARISTATA EXTRACT; CARBOHYDRATE; CATALASE; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLUCOKINASE; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATASE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PALMATINE; PLANT EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG ACTIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLYCOGEN ANALYSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER METABOLISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT ROOT; PROTEIN CARBONYLATION; RAT; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BERBERIS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

BERBERIS; BERBERIS ARISTATA; RATTUS;

EID: 64249131013     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2009.02.038     Document Type: Article

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