Antidiabetic activity of cucurbita maxima aerial parts

Research Journal of Medicinal Plant

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 577-586

  Saha, P ^a,b   Bala, A ^a   Kar, B ^a   Naskar, S ^a   Mazumder, U K ^a   Haldar, P K ^a   Gupta, M ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Gurunanak Institute of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology   (India)

Author keywords

Antidiabetic; C. maxima; Cucurbitaceae; Glibenclamide; Streptozotocin

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CATALASE; CUCURBITA MAXIMA EXTRACT; FLAVONOID; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLUCOSE; GLUTATHIONE; LIPID PEROXIDE; METHANOL; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET RESTRICTION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SCREENING; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LIVER; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS; RAT; SQUASH; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; TISSUE LEVEL; TREATMENT DURATION;

CUCURBITA MAXIMA; CUCURBITACEAE; RATTUS;

EID: 79958780683     PISSN: 18193455     EISSN: 21517924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/rjmp.2011.577.586     Document Type: Article

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