Hypoglycaemic and hypolipidaemic effects of withania somnifera root and leaf extracts on alloxan-induced diabetic rats

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 2367-2382

  Udayakumar, Rajangam ^a,b   Kasthurirengan, Sampath ^a   Mariashibu, Thankaraj Salammal ^a   Rajesh, Manoharan ^a   Anbazhagan, Vasudevan Ramesh ^a   Kim, Sei Chang ^a   Ganapathi, Andy ^a,b   Choi, Chang Won ^a  

^a PaiChai University   (South Korea)

^b BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Alloxan; Diabetic; Flavonoids; Hypoglycaemic; Hypolipidaemic; Withania somnifera

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALLOXAN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE; GLYCOGEN; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; LIPID; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA EXTRACT;

ACID PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALLOXAN DIABETES MELLITUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SYNTHESIS; DRY WEIGHT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE URINE LEVEL; GLYCOGEN LIVER LEVEL; HEART; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOLIPEMIA; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA;

ALLOXAN; DIABETIC; FLAVONOIDS; HYPOGLYCAEMIC; HYPOLIPIDAEMIC; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA;

ALLOXAN; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; GLYBURIDE; GLYCOSURIA; HEMOGLOBINS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; HYPOLIPIDEMIC AGENTS; HYPOLIPOPROTEINEMIAS; LIPIDS; LIVER; LIVER GLYCOGEN; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; WITHANIA;

RATTUS; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA;

EID: 67049118078     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms10052367     Document Type: Article

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