Blood glucose level lowering activity of Sri Lankan black tea brew (Camellia sinensis) in rats

Pharmacognosy Magazine

Volumn 4, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 341-349

  Jayakody, J R A C ^a   Ratnasooriya, W D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Antidiabetic; Antihyperglycaemia; Black tea; Camellia sinensis; Diabetes; Hypoglycaemia

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; GLUCOSE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; SUCROSE; TOLBUTAMIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BREWING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MECHANISM; GLUCOSE ABSORPTION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCOGEN ANALYSIS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; IN VITRO STUDY; INSULIN RELEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; RAT; SRI LANKA; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; TEA;

EID: 69749108707     PISSN: 09731296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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