Antidiabetic activity of medium-polar extract from the leaves of Stevia rebaudiana Bert. (Bertoni) on alloxan-induced diabetic rats

Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 242-248

  Misra, Himanshu ^a,b   Soni, Manish ^c   Silawat, Narendra ^d   Mehta, Darshana ^a   Mehta, B ^a   Jain, D ^b  

^a VIKRAM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Ipca Laboratories Limited   (India)

^c Mandsaur Institute of Pharmacy   (India)

^d B R NAHATA COLLEGE OF PHARMACY   (India)

Author keywords

Alloxan induced diabetic rats; antidiabetic activity; benzene:acetone extract; Compositae; Stevia rebaudiana

Indexed keywords

ALLOXAN; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLUCOSE; STEVIA REBAUDIANA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLOXAN DIABETES MELLITUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; KIDNEY MASS; LIVER WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PANCREAS WEIGHT; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEVIA; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ASTERACEAE; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; STEVIA REBAUDIANA;

EID: 79957540295     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09757406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0975-7406.80779     Document Type: Article

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