Some biomedical applications of Balanites aegyptiaca grown naturally in radioactive area, Southeastern Desert, Egypt

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 178, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 725-728

  Morsy, A M A ^a   Ahmad, I A ^b   Kamel, A M ^c  

^a NUCLEAR MATERIALS AUTHORITY   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c HOT LABORATORIES CENTER   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Balanites aegyptiaca; Cholesterol; Diabetes; Glucose; HDL Cholesterol; LDL cholesterol; Triglycerides; Uranium

Indexed keywords

BALANITES AEGYPTIACA; BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; DIABETES; DIFFERENT ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; HDL-CHOLESTEROL; URANIUM CONTENTS;

GLUCOSE; LANDFORMS; RADIOACTIVITY; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM;

CHOLESTEROL;

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BALANITES AEGYPTIACA EXTRACT; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; URANIUM;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIABETES; FRUIT; GLUCOSE; PLANT; URANIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BALANITES; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; EGYPT; FRUIT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; RAT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANTILIPEMIC AGENTS; BALANITES; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; DIET; DIOSGENIN; EGYPT; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; PLANT OILS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RADIOACTIVITY; RATS; SAPONINS; TRIGLYCERIDES; URANIUM;

EGYPT; RED SEA [(GVR) EGYPT]; WADI EL GEMAL;

BALANITES AEGYPTIACA; RATTUS;

EID: 77951499915     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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