Acacia Nilotica leave extract and glyburide: Comparison of fasting blood glucose, serum insulin, β-thromboglubulin levels and platelet aggregation in streptozotocin induced diabetic rats

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 247-251

  Asad, Munnaza ^a   Munir, Tahir Ahmad ^a   Afzal, Nasir ^a  

^a SHIFA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Acacia Nilotica leave extract; Glyburide; Hypoglycaemia; Platelet aggregation; Serum insulin

Indexed keywords

ACACIA NILOTICA EXTRACT; BETA THROMBOGLOBULIN; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; STREPTOZOCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MORNING DOSAGE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; RAT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION;

ACACIA; ANIMALS; BETA-THROMBOGLOBULIN; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; GLYBURIDE; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLATELET AGGREGATION; RATS; STREPTOZOCIN;

EID: 79952210805     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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