Effect of licorice extract on the complications of diabetes nephropathy in rats

Drug and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 101-108

  Kataya, Hazem Hasan ^a   Hamza, Alaaeldin Ahmed ^a   Ramadan, Gaber Ahmed ^a   Khasawneh, Mohammad Ahmad ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Diabetes; diabetic nephropathy; Glycyrrhiza; licorice; wistar rats

Indexed keywords

18 BETA GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLYCYRRHIZA EXTRACT; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; MALONALDEHYDE; STREPTOZOCIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCYRRHIZA; HISTOLOGY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY WEIGHT; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS, FOCAL SEGMENTAL; GLYCYRRHIZA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; KIDNEY; MALE; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

GLYCYRRHIZA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 79951645540     PISSN: 01480545     EISSN: 15256014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01480545.2010.510524     Document Type: Article

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