Antidiabetic effect of hydroalcholic urtica dioica leaf extract in male rats with fructose-induced insulin resistance

Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 181-186

  Ahangarpour, Akram ^a   Mohammadian, Maryam ^a   Dianat, Mahin ^a  

^a AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Fructose; Insulin resistance; Urtica dioica

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; INSULIN; LEPTIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; URTICA DIOICA EXTRACT; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFECT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RAT; TREATMENT DURATION; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 84865813351     PISSN: 02530716     EISSN: 17353688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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