Effects of combined leaf extract of vernonia amygdalitis and azadirachta indica on hepatic morphology and hepatotoxicity markers in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats

Journal of Chinese Integrative Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1373-1378

  Akinola, Oluwole Busayo ^a   Omotoso, Gabriel Olaiya ^a   Akinola, Oluwafunmike Sharon ^a   Dosumu, Olufunke Olubusola ^b   Adewoye, Esther Tomi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Azadirachta; Diabetes mellitus; Experimental; Hepatotoxicity; Oxidative stress; Plant extracts; Rats; Vernonia

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MALONALDEHYDE; METFORMIN; VERNONIA AMYGDALINA EXTRACT;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT LEAF; RAT; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; WEIGHT CHANGE;

ANIMALS; AZADIRACHTA; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LIVER; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VERNONIA;

EID: 83755184201     PISSN: 16721977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3736/jcim20111215     Document Type: Article

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