Anti-diabetic activity of tinospora cordifolia (Willd.) in streptozotocin diabetic rats; does it act like sulfonylureas?

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 265-270

  Puranik, Nagaraja ^a,b   Kammar, Kararashah Fakruddin ^b   Devi, Sheela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

^b KARNATAKA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Anti diabetic; Diabetes mellitus; Hypoglycemia; Streptozotocin; Tinospora cordifolia

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RATS; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLYCOGEN PHOSPHORYLASE; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE; HERBAL DRUG; INSULIN SECRETION; KEY ENZYMES; SERUM INSULIN; STREPTOZOTOCIN; SULFONYLUREAS; TINOSPORA CORDIFOLIA;

ANIMALS; BODY FLUIDS; DRUG PRODUCTS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLUCOSE; LIVER; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RATS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; ZINC;

INSULIN;

GLUCOSE; GLYCOGEN PHOSPHORYLASE; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE; INSULIN; INSULIN ZINC SUSPENSION; SULFONYLUREA DERIVATIVE; TINOSPORA CORDIFOLIA EXTRACT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL REGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PLANT STEM; RAT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; TINOSPORA; TINOSPORA CORDIFOLIA; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 77952327578     PISSN: 13000144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3906/sag-0802-40     Document Type: Article

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