Evaluation of neolamarckia cadamba (ROXB.) bosser leaf extract on glucose tolerance in glucose-induced hyperglycemic mice

African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 79-81

  Ahmed, Firoz ^a   Rahman, Shahnaz ^a   Ahmed, Nasir ^a   Hossain, Maraz ^a   Biswas, Anup ^a   Sarkar, Sanjoy ^a   Banna, Hasanul ^a   Khatun, Mst Afsana ^b   Chowdhury, Majeedul H ^c   Rahmatullah, Mohammed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEVELOPMENT ALTERNATIVE   (Bangladesh)

^b Lincoln College   (Malaysia)

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

Author keywords

Glibenclamide; Hypoglycemic activity; Neolamarckia cadamba; Serum glucose level

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLUCOSE; NEOLAMARCKIA CADAMBA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SCREENING; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MALE; MOUSE; NEOLAMARCKIA CADAMBA; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLANT LEAF; RUBIACEAE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; GLYBURIDE; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; MALE; MICE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RUBIACEAE;

EID: 79960192646     PISSN: 01896016     EISSN: 01896016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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