Antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects of a hypoglycemic fraction from cucurbita ficifolia Bouché in streptozotocin-induced diabetes mice

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 97-110

  Roman Ramos, R ^a   Almanza Perez, J C ^a   Fortis Barrera, A ^a   Angeles Mejia, S ^a   Banderas Dorantes, T R ^a   Zamilpa Alvarez, A ^b   Diaz Flores, M ^b   Jasso, I ^a   Blancas Flores, G ^a   Gomez, J ^a   Alarcon Aguilar, F J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA METROPOLITANA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Anti Inflammatory Plants; Antioxidant Plants; Cucurbita ficifolia; Cucurbitaceae; Diabetes Mellitus; Hypoglycemic Plants; Inflammatory Cytokines

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTEROL; DEXTRO CHIRO INOSITOL CONTAINING CUCURBITA FICIFOLIA EXTRACT; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLUCOSE; GLUTATHIONE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INOSITOL DERIVATIVE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 6; MALONALDEHYDE; PIOGLITAZONE; PLANT EXTRACT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUCURBITA FICIFOLIA; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SQUASH; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CUCURBITA; CYTOKINES; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FRUIT; GLUTATHIONE; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; INOSITOL; LIVER; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; THIAZOLIDINEDIONES;

EID: 84856641536     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X12500085     Document Type: Article

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