In vitro antioxidant and in vivo antidiabetic potential of the methanol extract of Ficus glumosa Del (Moraceae) stem bark in alloxan-induced diabetic mice

Comparative Clinical Pathology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 389-394

  Madubunyi, Ifeanyi Innocent ^a   Onoja, Samuel Okwudili ^a   Asuzu, Isaac Uzoma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Alloxan; Antidiabetic activity; Antioxidant; Blood glucose; Ficus glumosa stem bark

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864445101     PISSN: 16185641     EISSN: 1618565X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00580-010-1103-5     Document Type: Article

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