Anti-diabetic properties of the aqueous leaf extract of Bougainvillea glabra (Glory of the Garden) on alloxan-induced diabetic rats

Records of Natural Products

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 187-192

  Adebayo, Grace I ^a   Alabi, Oluwakemi T ^a   Owoyele, Bamidele V ^a   Soladoye, Ayodele O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Alloxan diabetes; Bougainvillea glabra; Hypoglycaemia; Hypolipidemia

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; ALLOXAN; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BOUGAINVILLEA GLABRA EXTRACT; CARDIAC GLYCOSIDE; CHOLESTEROL; FLAVONOID; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PLANT EXTRACT; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ALLOXAN DIABETES MELLITUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BOUGAINVILLEA GLABRA; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SCREENING; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; RAT; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANIMALIA; BOUGAINVILLEA GLABRA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 70449685874     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13076167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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