Antihyperglycemic and hypolipidaemic effects of the methanolic extract of Saudi mistletoe (Viscum schimperi Engl.)

Journal of Advanced Research

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 171-177

  Abdel Sattar, Essam A ^a   Elberry, Ahmed A ^b   Harraz, Fathalla M ^c   Ghareib, Salah A ^b   Nagy, Ayman A ^d   Gabr, Salah A ^e  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Alexandria University Faculty of Pharmacy   (Egypt)

^d TANTA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^e NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Antihyperglycemic; Hypolipidaemic; OGTT; Viscaceae; Viscum schimperi

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955471023     PISSN: 20901232     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jare.2011.01.006     Document Type: Article

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