Anthocephalus cadamba extract shows hypoglycemic effect and eases oxidative stress in alloxan-induced diabetic rats

Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 155-164

  Alam, Mohammad A ^a   Subhan, Nusrat ^b   Chowdhury, Sadia A ^a   Awal, Mohammad A ^c   Mostofa, Mahbub ^c   Rashid, Mohammad A ^d   Hasan, Choudhury M ^d   Nahar, Lutfun ^e   Sarker, Satyajit D ^e  

^a STAMFORD UNIVERSITY BANGLADESH   (Bangladesh)

^b Northern University   (Bangladesh)

^c BANGLADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alloxan induced oxidative stress; Anthocephalus cadamba; Diabetes; Rubiaceae

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALLOXAN; ANTHOCEPHALUS CADAMBA EXTRACT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CATALASE; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLUCOSE; PEROXIDASE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLOXAN DIABETES MELLITUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTHOCEPHALUS CADAMBA; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMAN; LIVER PROTECTION; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

EID: 79954525359     PISSN: 0102695X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-695X2011005000033     Document Type: Article

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