Beneficial effect of aqueous Stem Bark Extracts of Strychnos henningsii Gilg in Streptozotocin-nicotinamide induced type 2 diabetic wistar rats

International Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 773-781

  Oyedemi, S O ^a   Bradley, G ^a   Afolayan, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biochemical; Clinical significance; Diabetes mellitus; Hematological analysis; Nicotinamide; Streptozotocin; Strychnos henningsii

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALANINE PHOSPHATASE; ALBUMIN; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CALCIUM; CHOLESTEROL; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLOBULIN; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; NICOTINAMIDE; PHOSPHATASE; PLANT EXTRACT; STREPTOZOCIN; STRYCHNOS HENNINGSII EXTRACT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA; URIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ANTILIPIDEMIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY WEIGHT; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; KIDNEY MASS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; PLANT STEM; RAT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 80455127190     PISSN: 18117775     EISSN: 18125700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ijp.2011.773.781     Document Type: Article

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