Effect of Cuscuta reflexa stem and Calotropis procera leaf extracts on glucose tolerance in glucose-induced hyperglycemic rats and mice

African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 109-112

  Rahmatullah, Mohammed ^a,c   Sultan, Shamsuddin ^b,c   Toma, Tanzila Taher ^a,c   Lucky, Sayeda a Safa ^a,c   Chowdhury, Majeedul H ^b,c   Haque, Wahid Mozammel ^a,c   Annay, Mst Eashmat Ara ^a,c   Jahan, Rownak ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEVELOPMENT ALTERNATIVE   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^c NEW YORK CITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calotropis procera; Cuscuta reflexa; Hypoglycemic activity; Oral glucose tolerance test

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; CALOTROPIS PROCERA EXTRACT; CHLOROFORM; CUSCUTA REFLEXA EXTRACT; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLUCOSE; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CALOTROPIS; CALOTROPIS PROCERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSCUTA; CUSCUTA REFLEXA; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SCREENING; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; RAT; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 79958097130     PISSN: 01896016     EISSN: 01896016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ajtcam.v7i2.50864     Document Type: Article

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