Effects of Cinnamomum zeylanicum (Ceylon cinnamon) on blood glucose and lipids in a diabetic and healthy rat model

Pharmacognosy Research

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 73-79

  Ranasinghe, Priyanga ^a   Perera, Sanja ^a   Gunatilake, Mangala ^a   Abeywardene, Eranga ^a   Gunapala, Nuwan ^a   Premakumara, Sirimal ^b   Perera, Kamal ^a   Lokuhetty, Dilani ^a   Katulanda, Prasad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Blood glucose; Ceylon cinnamon; Cinnamomum zeylanicum; diabetes mellitus; lipids; Sprague Dawley rats

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; CINNAMOMUM ZEYLANICUM EXTRACT; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CINNAMOMUM ZEYLANICUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN;

EID: 84859790318     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09748490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.94719     Document Type: Article

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