Antihyperglycemic and antioxidative effects of a herbal formulation of Radix Astragali, Radix Codonopsis and Cortex Lycii in a mouse model of type 2 diabetes mellitus

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 658-665

  Chan, Judy Yuet Wa ^a   Lam, Fung Chun ^a   Leung, Ping Chung ^a   Che, Chun Tao ^a   Fung, Kwok Pui ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

+db +db mouse; Antioxidant enzymes; SR10

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; CATALASE; CODONOPSIS EXTRACT; CORTEX LYCII EXTRACT; GLUCOSE; GLUTATHIONE; INSULIN; METFORMIN; METHOPRENE; PLANT EXTRACT; RADIX ASTRAGALI EXTRACT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIOXIDANT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTEX LYCII; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HERB; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIX ASTRAGALI; RADIX CODONOPSIS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; ASTRAGALUS PLANT; C57BL MOUSE; CHEMISTRY; CODONOPSIS; EXPERIMENTAL DIABETES MELLITUS; LYCIUM; METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

CODONOPSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASTRAGALUS PLANT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CATALASE; CODONOPSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; FEMALE; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS; LYCIUM; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT EXTRACTS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 65649086710     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2694     Document Type: Article

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