Antihyperglycemic and antioxidant activity of Viscum album extract

African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 432-436

  shahaboddin, Mohammad Esmaiel ^a   Pouramir, Mahdi ^b   Moghadamnia, Ali Akbar ^b   Lakzaei, Mostafa ^b   Mirhashemi, Seyyed Mehdi ^a   Motallebi, Mitra ^a  

^a KASHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b BABOL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Alloxan; Antihyperglycemic; Antioxidant; Viscum album

Indexed keywords

ALLOXAN; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE OXIDASE; INSULIN; VISCUM ALBUM EXTRACT; WATER;

ALLOXAN DIABETES MELLITUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IRAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; RAT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 79957958278     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19960816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/ajpp11.136     Document Type: Article

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