Antidiabetic and haematological effect of aqueous extract of stem bark of Afzelia africana (Smith) on streptozotocin-induced diabetic Wistar rats

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 353-358

  Oyedemi, Oyedemi ^a   Adewusi, E A ^a   Aiyegoro, O A ^a   Akinpelu, D A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

^b OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Afzelia africana; Antidiabetic property; Aqueous extract; Beneficial effect; Diabetes mellitus; Ethnomedicinal usage; Haematological parameter; Haematology; Wistar rat

Indexed keywords

AFZELIA AFRICANA EXTRACT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; DISTILLED WATER; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; PLANT EXTRACT; STREPTOZOCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL;

AFZELIA AFRICANA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIDIABETIC EFFECT; ANTIHYPERGLYCEMIC ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BARK; BASOPHIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOLOGICAL EFFECT; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HIGHER PLANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NONHUMAN; PLANT STEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREATMENT DURATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMISTRY; DRINKING; DRUG EFFECTS; EATING; EXPERIMENTAL DIABETES MELLITUS; FABACEAE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY WEIGHT; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DRINKING; EATING; FABACEAE; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; MALE; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 79959423975     PISSN: 22211691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2221-1691(11)60079-8     Document Type: Article

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