Anti-diabetic effect of Costus pictus leaves in normal and streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats

International Journal of Diabetes and Metabolism

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 117-122

  Jayasri, M A ^a   Gunasekaran, S ^b   Radha, A ^a   Mathew, T Lazar ^a  

^a VIT UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Costus pictus D.Don; Diabetes; Insulin plant; Morphometric analysis; PIXE

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTEROL; COSTUS PICTUS EXTRACT; GLUCOSE; PLANT EXTRACT; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSTUS; COSTUS PICTUS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET; PLANT LEAF; RAT; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; WISTAR RAT;

EID: 70350347373     PISSN: 16067754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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