Vaccinium arctostaphylos, a common herbal medicine in Iran: Molecular and biochemical study of its antidiabetic effects on alloxan-diabetic Wistar rats

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 67-74

  Feshani, Aboozar Monavar ^a   Kouhsari, Shideh Monatasser ^a   Mohammadi, Saeed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Glucosidase; Antioxidant; Blood glucose; GLUT 4; Triglyceride; Vaccinium arctostaphylos

Indexed keywords

ACARBOSE; ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; CATALASE; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 4; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MESSENGER RNA; METFORMIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; SUCRASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACCINIUM ARCTOSTAPHYLOS FRUIT EXTRACT;

ALLOXAN DIABETES MELLITUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART; HERBAL MEDICINE; INTESTINE; IRAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PANCREAS; RAT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACCINIUM ARCTOSTAPHYLOS; WISTAR RAT;

ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASES; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER TYPE 4; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; LIPIDS; MALE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VACCINIUM;

ERICACEAE; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; VACCINIUM ARCTOSTAPHYLOS;

EID: 78650679762     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2010.09.002     Document Type: Article

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