Evaluation of the acute antihyperglycemic effects of four selected indigenous plants from Jordan used in traditional medicine

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 687-695

  Kasabri, Violet ^a   Afifi, Fatma U ^a   Hamdan, Imad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

acarbose; Antidiabetic plants; diabetes; enzymatic starch digestion; OGTT; OSTT

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ERYNGIUM CRETICUM EXTRACT; GERANIUM GRAVEOLENS EXTRACT; GLIPIZIDE; GLUCOSE; METFORMIN; PARONYCHIA ARGENTEA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VARTHEMIA IPHIONOIDES EXTRACT; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIHYPERGLYCEMIA ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG MECHANISM; ERYNGIUM; ERYNGIUM CRETICUM; FEMALE; GERANIUM; GERANIUM GRAVEOLENS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERGLYCEMIA; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PARONYCHIA ARGENTEA; RAT; VARTHEMIA IPHIONOIDES;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYMES; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; JORDAN; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STARCH;

APIACEAE; ASTERACEAE; CARYOPHYLLACEAE; ERYNGIUM CRETICUM; GERANIACEAE; PARONYCHIA ARGENTEA; RATTUS; VARTHEMIA IPHIONOIDES;

EID: 79958116241     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13880209.2010.539619     Document Type: Article

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