Antidiabetic and antioxidant potential of β-sitosterol in streptozotocin-induced experimental hyperglycemia

Journal of Diabetes

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-37

  Gupta, Rajnish ^a   Sharma, Anil K ^a   Dobhal, M P ^a   Sharma, M C ^a   Gupta, R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

Author keywords

sitosterol; Nitric oxide; Solanum surattense; Thiobarbituric acid reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLUCOSE; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; NITRIC OXIDE; SITOSTEROL; STREPTOZOCIN; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSURIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CATALASE; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE; GLYBURIDE; GLYCOSURIA; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; MALE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NITRIC OXIDE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SITOSTEROLS; SOLANUM; STREPTOZOCIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79951781220     PISSN: 17530393     EISSN: 17530407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-0407.2010.00107.x     Document Type: Article

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