Glucose uptake stimulatory effect of akuammicine from Picralima nitida (Apocynaceae)

Phytochemistry Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 53-55

  Shittu, Hafsat ^a   Gray, Alexander ^b   Furman, Brian ^b   Young, Louise ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3T3 L1 adipocytes; Akuammicine; Glucose uptake; Picralima nitida (Apocynaceae)

Indexed keywords

10 DEOXYAKUAMMINE; 5 HYDROXYTRYPTAMINAMIDE; AKUAMMICINE; AKUAMMINE; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; BURNAMINE; INDOLE ALKALOID; PICRALINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADIPOCYTE; ANIMAL CELL; APOCYNACEAE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CELL VIABILITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PICRALIMA NITIDA; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

APOCYNACEAE; PICRALIMA NITIDA;

EID: 77949271493     PISSN: 18743900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytol.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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