Antidiabetic activity of standardized extracts of Balanites aegyptiaca fruits using cell-based bioassays

Pharmacognosy Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 30, 2012, Pages 20-24

  Motaal, Amira Abdel ^a   Shaker, Sherif ^b   Haddad, Pierre S ^c  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Heliopolis Bahri   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

3T3 L1; Balanites; C2C12; Diabetes; Fruit; Sugars

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; BALANITES AEGYPTIACA EXTRACT; DICHLOROMETHANE; FRUCTOSE; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; ISORHAMNETIN; RHAMNOSE; ROSIGLITAZONE; RUTOSIDE; SORBITOL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; XYLOSE;

ADIPOCYTE; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL ASSAY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MUSCLE CELL;

EID: 84864215840     PISSN: 09753575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5530/pj.2012.30.4     Document Type: Article

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