Antidiabetic activity of ethanolic extract of tubers of Dioscorea alata in alloxan induced diabetic rats

Indian Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 455-459

  Maithili, V ^a   Dhanabal, S P ^a   Mahendran, S ^a   Vadivelan, R ^a  

^a JSS COLLEGE OF PHARMACY   (India)

Author keywords

alloxan; Antihyperglycemic; diabetes mellitus; Dioscorea alata; oral glucose tolerance test

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALLOXAN; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; CREATININE; DIOSCOREA ALATA EXTRACT; GLUCOSE; LIPID; METFORMIN; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALLOXAN DIABETES MELLITUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIOSCOREA ALATA; DIOSCOREACEAE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 80053241976     PISSN: 02537613     EISSN: 19983751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0253-7613.83121     Document Type: Article

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