Anti-diabetic effects of aqueous fruits extract of Diospyros lotus L. on streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats and the possible morphologic changes in the liver, kidney and heart

Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 10-16

  Azadbakhta, Mohammad ^a   Safapour, Shohreh ^a   Ahmadi, Amirhossein ^a   Ghasemi, Maryam ^a   Shokrzadeh, Mohammad ^a  

^a MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anti diabetic; Diospyros lotus L.; Morphologic changes; Streptozotocin

Indexed keywords

DIOSPYROS LOTUS EXTRACT; GLUCOSE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIOSPYROS LOTUS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; FRUIT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERSIMMON; RAT; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES;

EID: 77954827452     PISSN: 21412502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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