Antihyperglycemic activity of bacosine, a triterpene from bacopa monnieri, in alloxan-induced diabetic rats

Planta Medica

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 804-808

  Ghosh, Tirtha ^a   Maity, Tapan Kumar ^b   Singh, Jagadish ^b  

^a Contai Polytechnic ^*  (India)

^b JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

alloxan; antidiabetic activity; antioxidant activity; Bacopa monnieri; bacosine; Scrophulariaceae

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; BACOSINE; CATALASE; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLUTATHIONE; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; INSULIN; MALONALDEHYDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRITERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLOXAN DIABETES MELLITUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACOPA MONNIERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCOGEN LIVER LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BACOPA; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CATALASE; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLYBURIDE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; LIVER; LIVER GLYCOGEN; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRITERPENES;

BACOPA MONNIERI; RATTUS; SCROPHULARIACEAE;

EID: 79957438053     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: 14390221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1250600     Document Type: Article

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