Hypoglycemic effect of quassinoids from Brucea javanica (L.) Merr (Simaroubaceae) seeds

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 586-591

  NoorShahida, Ajmi ^a   Wong, Tin Wui ^a   Choo, Chee Yan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Brucea javanica (L.) Merr; Diabetes; Quassinoids; Simaroubaceae; STZ induced diabetic rats

Indexed keywords

BRUCEA JAVANICA EXTRACT; BRUCEINE D; BRUCEINE E; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLUCOSE; QUASSINOID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRUCEA; BRUCEA JAVANICA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BRUCEA; BUTANOLS; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MICE; PLANT EXTRACTS; QUASSINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEEDS; SOLVENTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET;

BRUCEA JAVANICA; MUS; RATTUS; SIMAROUBACEAE;

EID: 67650655710     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2009.04.058     Document Type: Article

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