Antidiabetic activity of Cassia occidentalis (Linn) in normal and alloxan-induced diabetic rats

Indian Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 224-228

  Verma, Laxmi ^a   Khatri, Anirudh ^a   Kaushik, Basant ^a   Patil, Umesh K ^a   Pawar, Rajesh S ^a  

^a ISF COLLEGE OF PHARMACY   (India)

Author keywords

Alloxan; antidiabetic activity; Cassia occidentalis

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; CASSIA EXTRACT; CASSIA OCCIDENTALIS EXTRACT; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; METFORMIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLOXAN DIABETES MELLITUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CASSIA OCCIDENTALIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; SENNA; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 77956246701     PISSN: 02537613     EISSN: 19983751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0253-7613.68422     Document Type: Article

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