Antidiabetic activity of alcoholic stem extract of Gymnema montanum in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3390-3394

  Ramkumar, Kunga Mohan ^a   Vanitha, Pachamuthu ^a   Uma, Chidambaram ^a   Suganya, Natarajan ^a   Bhakkiyalakshmi, Elango ^a   Sujatha, Jaiganesh ^a  

^a SRM INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Antidiabetic activity; Glucose metabolism; Gymnema montanum; Medicinal plants; Streptozotocin

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATASE; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLYCOGEN; GYMNEMA MONTANUM EXTRACT; HEXOKINASE; INSULIN; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GYMNEMA; GYMNEMA MONTANUM; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANT STEM; RAT; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FRUCTOSE-BISPHOSPHATASE; GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATASE; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLYCOGEN; GYMNEMA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; LIVER; MALE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

GYMNEMA MONTANUM; RATTUS;

EID: 80054982197     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2011.09.027     Document Type: Article

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