Hypoglycaemic and antioxidant activities of Ficus racemosa Linn. fruits

Natural Product Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 399-408

  Jahan, Ismet Ara ^a,b   Nahar, Nilufar ^b   Mosihuzzaman, M ^b   Rokeya, Begum ^c   Ali, Liaquat ^c   Azad Khan, A K ^c   Makhmur, Talat ^d   Iqbal Choudhary, M ^d  

^a BCSIR Laboratories Dhaka   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^c Bangladesh Institute of Research and Rehabilitation in Diabetes Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders   (Bangladesh)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

3 O (E) caffeoyl quinate; Diabetes, antioxidant activity; DPPH radical scavenging assay; Ficus racemosa L.; Hypoglycaemic activity

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; 3 O CAFFEOYL QUINATE; ALCOHOL; ANTIOXIDANT; BUTANOL; FICUS RACEMOSA EXTRACT; GLUCOSE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; FEEDING; FRUIT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; RAT; ANIMAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE MODEL; FICUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LONG EVANS RAT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

FICUS RACEMOSA; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FICUS; FRUIT; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS;

EID: 65549144411     PISSN: 14786419     EISSN: 14786427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786410802230757     Document Type: Article

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