Antidiabetic and cytotoxicity screening of five medicinal plants used by traditional african health practitioners in the nelson mandela metropole, South Africa

African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 150-158

  van Huyssteen, Mea ^a   Milne, Pieter J ^a   Campbell, Eileen E ^a   van de Venter, Maryna ^a  

^a NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

C2C12 muscle cells; Chang liver cells; Collaborative research; Cytotoxicity; Diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; BULBINE FRUTESCENS EXTRACT; INSULIN; METFORMIN; ORNITHOGALUM LONGIBRACTEATUM EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; RUTA GRAVEOLENS EXTRACT; TARCHONANTHUS CAMPHORATUS EXTRACT; TULBAGHIA VIOLACEA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFRICA; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BULBINE FRUTESCENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; GLUCOSE UTILIZATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INCIDENCE; LIVER CELL; MUSCLE CELL; ORNITHOGALUM LONGIBRACTEATUM; TARCHONANTHUS CAMPHORATUS; TULBAGHIA VIOLACEA;

EID: 79960325937     PISSN: 01896016     EISSN: 01896016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ajtcam.v8i2.63202     Document Type: Article

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