Effect of an antidiabetic extract of trigonella foenum - graecum on normal and alloxan induced diabetic mice

International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 63-65

  Sarasa, Dharmaseelan ^a   Sridhar, Sekaran ^b   Prabakaran, Egambaram ^c  

^a Quaid E Milleth Women College   (India)

^b Govt Arts College   (India)

^c PRESIDENCY COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Alloxan; Antidiabetic; Hyperglycemia; Pancreas; Trigonella foenum graecum

Indexed keywords

ALLOXAN; GLUCOSE; TRIGONELLA FOENUM GRAECUM EXTRACT;

ALLOXAN DIABETES MELLITUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE LIVER LEVEL; GLUCOSE PANCREAS LEVEL; HYPERGLYCEMIA; LIVER LEVEL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TISSUE LEVEL; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 84855514324     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09751491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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