Pre-and post-treatment of streptozocin administered rats with melatonin: Effects on some hepatic enzymes of carbohydrate metabolism

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 105-110

  Akmali, Masoumeh ^a   Ahmadi, Robab ^a   Vessal, Mahmood ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Diabetes; G6PD; Glucokinase; Hexokinase; Liver; Melatonin

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOKINASE; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HEXOKINASE; LIVER ENZYME; MELATONIN; STREPTOZOCIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEEDING; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; RAT; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHOLESTEROL; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; GLUCOKINASE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HEXOKINASE; LIVER; MALE; MELATONIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 77949415160     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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