Antihyperglycaemic activity of α-amyrin acetate in rats and db/db mice

Natural Product Research

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 876-882

  Singh, A B ^a   Yadav, D K ^a   Maurya, R ^a   Srivastava, A K ^a  

^a CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

amyrin acetate; Antihyperglycaemic activity; db db mice; Ficus bengalensis; SLM and STZ S models; Streptozotocin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMYRIN; FICUS BENGALENSIS EXTRACT; METFORMIN; STREPTOZOCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; FICUS; FICUS BENGALENSIS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MALE; MOUSE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; RAT; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FICUS; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; LIPIDS; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OLEANOLIC ACID; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, WISTAR;

FICUS BENGHALENSIS; MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 67650938870     PISSN: 14786419     EISSN: 14786427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786410802420416     Document Type: Article

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