Effects of panax quinquefolium on streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats: Role of C-peptide, nitric oxide and oxidative stress

International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 136-147

  Amin, Kamal Adel ^a   Awad, Ezzat Mohamed ^b   Nagy, Mohammed Ahmad ^c  

^a Shamla St next to the Directorate of Roads and Bridges   (Egypt)

^b MINIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c Physics   (Egypt)

Author keywords

C peptide; Diabetes; Kidney function; NO; Oxidative stress; Panax quinquefolium

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; C PEPTIDE; CATALASE; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATASE; GLYCOGEN PHOSPHORYLASE; INSULIN; MALONALDEHYDE; NITRIC OXIDE; PANAX QUINQUEFOLIUM EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SCREENING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GINSENG; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERINSULINEMIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PANAX QUINQUEFOLIUM; PLANT ROOT; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

PANAX GINSENG; PANAX QUINQUEFOLIUS; RATTUS;

EID: 79958058120     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19405901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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