Anti-diabetic activity of Ferula assafoetida extract in normal and alloxan-induced diabetic rats

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 97-100

  Abu Zaiton, Ahmed Saber ^a  

^a AL HUSSEIN BIN TALAL UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Alloxan; Diabetes; Ferula assafoetida; Hypoglycemic agent; Insulin

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; EXPERIMENTAL DIABETES MELLITUS; FENNEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PHYTOTHERAPY; RAT;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; FERULA; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; RATS;

ANIMALIA; FERULA ASSA-FOETIDA; FOENICULUM VULGARE; RATTUS;

EID: 76749123598     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2010.97.100     Document Type: Article

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