Effects of Teucrium polium on Insulin Resistance in Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis

JAMS Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 104-110

  Nosrati, Narges ^a   Aghazadeh, Safiyeh ^a   Yazdanparast, Razieh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

insulin resistance; metabolic syndrome; nonalcoholic steatohepatitis; superoxide dismutase; Teucrium polium

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHOLINE; GLUCOSE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; INSULIN; LIPOPROTEIN; MALONALDEHYDE; METHIONINE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TEUCRIUM POLIUM EXTRACT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; PLANT EXTRACT;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FATTY LIVER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MALE; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYMOLOGY; GERMANDER; HUMAN; METABOLISM; RANDOMIZATION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FATTY LIVER; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TEUCRIUM;

EID: 77953318290     PISSN: 20052901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2005-2901(10)60019-2     Document Type: Article

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