Corni fructus as the major herb of Die-Huang-Wan for lowering plasma glucose in Wistar rats

Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1443-1447

  Liou, Shorong Shii ^a   Liu, I Min ^a   Hsu, Sheng Fa ^b   Cheng, Juei Tang ^b  

^a TAJEN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 DIPHENYLACETOXY 1 METHYLPIPERIDINE; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ATROPINE; CORNI FRUCTUS EXTRACT; DIOSCOREAE RHIZOMA EXTRACT; GLUCOSE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; INSULIN; MOUTAN RADICIS EXTRACT; MUSCARINIC M3 RECEPTOR; PLANT EXTRACT; PORIA EXTRACT; REHMANNIAE RADIX EXTRACT; RHIZOMA ALISMATIS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALISMA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNI FRUCTUS; CORNUS; DIOSCOREAE RHIZOMA; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG MECHANISM; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RELEASE; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUTAN RADICIS; NONHUMAN; PAEONIA SUFFRUTICOSA; PORIA; RAT; RAT STRAIN; REHMANNIA; REHMANNIA ROOT; RHIZOMA ALISMATIS; YAM;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CORNUS; DIABETES MELLITUS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MALE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 8144225888     PISSN: 00223573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1211/0022357044670     Document Type: Article

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