Glucose-lowering effect of xoconostle (Opuntia joconostle A. Web., Cactaceae) in diabetic rats

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Volumn 4, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 2326-2333

  Paiz, Rúbia Cassiana ^a   Juárez Flores, Bertha Irene ^a   Rivera, Juan Rogelio Aguirre ^a   Ortega, Norma Cecilia Cárdenas ^a   Agüero, Juan Antonio Reyes ^a   Chávez, Erika García ^a   Fuentes, Gregorio Álvarez ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Hipoglucemic; Hipolipidemic; Opuntia joconostle; Xoconostle

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; OPUNTIA JOCONOSTLE EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLADODE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SCREENING; FRUIT (STRUCTURE); GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MESOCARPIUM; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA JOCONOSTLE; PLANT MORPHOLOGY; RAT; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALIA; CACTACEAE; OPUNTIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 78650987071     PISSN: 19960875     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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