Effect of dragon fruit extract on oxidative stress and aortic stiffness in streptozotocin-induced diabetes in rats

Pharmacognosy Research

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-35

  Anand Swarup, Kolla R L ^a   Sattar, Munavvar A ^a   Abdullah, Nor A ^a   Abdulla, Mohammed H ^b   Salman, Ibrahim M ^a   Rathore, Hassaan A ^a   Johns, Edward J ^c  

^a SCHOOL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Diabetes; Hylocereus undatus; Pulse wave velocity; Streptozotocin

Indexed keywords

HYLOCEREUS UNDATUS EXTRACT; MALONALDEHYDE; PLANT EXTRACT; STREPTOZOCIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE WAVE; RAT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 77953380795     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09748490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.60582     Document Type: Article

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