Antidiabetic mechanisms of saponins of Momordica cymbalaria

Pharmacognosy Magazine

Volumn 4, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 197-206

  Raju, Koneri ^a   Balaraman, R ^b  

^a Visveswarapura Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences   (India)

^b M S UNIVERSITY OF BARODA   (India)

Author keywords

Antidiabetic; Momordica cymbalaria; Saponin

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; GLUTATHIONE; GLYCOGEN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; INSULIN; LIPID; LIPID PEROXIDE; METFORMIN; MEVALONIC ACID; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE; STREPTOZOCIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA STRIP; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG ISOLATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; HEART MUSCLE; HIGH PERFORMANCE THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERINSULINEMIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MOMORDICA; MOMORDICA CYMBALARIA; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; RAT; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; WISTAR RAT;

EID: 69749085983     PISSN: 09731296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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