Evaluation of the effect of Leucas aspera alcoholic extract on blood glucose level in normoglycemic and diabetic rats

Pharmacologyonline

Volumn 3, Issue , 2011, Pages 1046-1050

  Adiga, Shalini ^a   Sagar, V ^a   Vasantha, Ravindrasingh R ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Diabetic rats; Hypoglycemic effect; Leucas aspera

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; GLUCOSE; GUM ARABIC; LEUCAS ASPERA EXTRACT; METFORMIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPTIMAL DRUG DOSE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; RAT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES;

EID: 84856992626     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18278620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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