Opuntia humifusa stems lower blood glucose and cholesterol levels in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats

Nutrition Research

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 479-487

  Hahm, Sahng Wook ^a   Park, Jieun ^a   Son, Yong Suk ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Glucose tolerance; Hypoglycemia; Opuntia humifusa stems; STZ induced diabetic rats

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CELL VOLUME; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA HUMIFUSA; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PLANT STEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSULIN; MALE; OPUNTIA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT STEMS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TRIGLYCERIDES;

OPUNTIA HUMIFUSA; RATTUS;

EID: 79960203848     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: 18790739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nutres.2011.05.002     Document Type: Article

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