Anti-metabolic syndrome and immunostimulant activities of Egyptian fenugreek seeds in diabetic/obese and immunosuppressive rat models

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 105, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 995-1004

  Ramadan, Gamal ^a   El Beih, Nadia M ^a   Abd El Kareem, Hanaa F ^a  

^a Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Albino rats; Diabetes and obesity; Fenugreek seeds; Immunosuppression; Metabolic syndrome

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALLOXAN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTEROL; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; GLUCOSE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LIPID; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; EGYPTIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; FENUGREEK; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LEUKOPENIA; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LOW DRUG DOSE; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NEUTROPENIA; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT SEED; RAT; SKIN BURNING SENSATION; ANIMAL; BURN; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; EXPERIMENTAL DIABETES MELLITUS; IMMUNOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE; LIVER; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOTHERAPY; WISTAR RAT; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BURNS; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GAMMA-GLOBULINS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; HYPOLIPIDEMIC AGENTS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; LEUKOCYTES; LIVER; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEEDS; TRIGONELLA; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 79955672715     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114510004708     Document Type: Article

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