Elucidation of mechanism of action of cassia auriculata leaf extract for its antidiabetic activity in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 528-534

  Gupta, Shipra ^a   Sharma, Suman B ^a   Singh, Usha R ^a   Bansal, Surendra K ^b   Prabhu, Krishna M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Cassia auriculata; diabetes mellitus; extrapancreatic action; pancreatic action; streptozotocin

Indexed keywords

6 PHOSPHOFRUCTOKINASE; C PEPTIDE; CASSIA AURICULATA EXTRACT; CASSIA EXTRACT; FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATASE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATASE; GLYCOGEN; HEXOKINASE; INSULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; GLYCOGEN LIVER LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; C-PEPTIDE; CASSIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GLUCOSE; GLYCOGEN; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; LIVER; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, WISTAR; STREPTOZOCIN;

CASSIA AURICULATA; RATTUS;

EID: 77953756823     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2009.1253     Document Type: Article

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