The efficacy of Prosopis glandulosa as antidiabetic treatment in rat models of diabetes and insulin resistance

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 298-304

  George, C ^a   Lochner, A ^a   Huisamen, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Insulin resistance; Prosopis glandulosa

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; DIAVITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFICACY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INSULIN RELEASE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PILOT STUDY; PROSOPIS GLANDULOSA; RAT; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS; MALE; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PROSOPIS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RATS, ZUCKER; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; FABACEAE; PROSOPIS GLANDULOSA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 80052037313     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2011.05.023     Document Type: Article

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