Effect of Wrightia tinctoria and Parthenocissus quinquefolia on blood glucose and insulin levels in the Zucker diabetic rat model

Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Kumar, Sunil ^a   Kunaparaju, Naveen ^a   Zito, S William ^a   Barletta, Michael A ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

diabetes; glucose; insulin; Parthenocissus quinquefolia; Wrightia tinctoria; Zucker

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PARTHENOCISSUS QUINQUEFOLIA; RAT; WRIGHTIA TINCTORIA;

ANIMALS; APOCYNACEAE; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GLIPIZIDE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; MEDICINE, AYURVEDIC; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, ZUCKER; VITACEAE;

EID: 79961223521     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15533840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1553-3840.1538     Document Type: Article

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