Antioxidative effects of allium cepa essential oil in streptozotocin induced diabetic rats

Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 344-351

  El Soud, Neveen Abou ^a   Khalil, Mona ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Experi mental animal; Histological study; Lipid peroxides; Onion oil

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LIPID; ONION EXTRACT; STREPTOZOCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG MECHANISM; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; ONION; RAT; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES;

EID: 78651249585     PISSN: 18575749     EISSN: 18575773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3889/MJMS.1857-5773.2010.0118     Document Type: Article

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