Oral hypoglycaemic, antihyperglycaemic and antidiabetic activities of Sri Lankan Broken Orange Pekoe Fannings (BOPF) grade black tea (Camellia sinensis L.) in rats

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 278-286

  Abeywickrama, K R W ^a   Ratnasooriya, W D ^b   Amarakoon, A M T ^c  

^a Sri Lanka Tea Board   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^c TEA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SRI LANKA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Antidiabetic; Antihyperglycaemia; Black tea; Blood glucose; Broken Orange Pekoe Fannings; Camellia sinensis; Hypoglycaemia

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; AMYLASE; BLACK TEA EXTRACT; GLUCOSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; INFUSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; TEA;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TEA;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS; RATTUS;

EID: 79955685808     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2011.02.035     Document Type: Article

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