Protective effect of Gymnema montanum against renal damage in experimental diabetic rats

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2516-2521

  Ramkumar, Kunga Mohan ^a   Ponmanickam, Ponnirul ^b   Velayuthaprabhu, Shanmugam ^b   Archunan, Govindaraju ^b   Rajaguru, Palanisamy ^a  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Free radical; Gymnema montanum; Kidney damage; Medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALLOXAN; CATALASE; CREATININE; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLUCOSE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; GYMNEMA MONTANUM EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYDROPEROXIDE; INSULIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA; URIC ACID;

ALLOXAN DIABETES MELLITUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GYMNEMA; GYMNEMA MONTANUM; HYPERGLYCEMIA; KIDNEY INJURY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; RAT; RENAL PROTECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY WEIGHT; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GLYBURIDE; GYMNEMA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; KIDNEY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PROTEINURIA; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

APOCYNACEAE; GYMNEMA MONTANUM; RATTUS;

EID: 69549133370     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2009.07.010     Document Type: Article

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