Therapeutic potential of Moringa oleifera leaves in chronic hyperglycemia and dyslipidemia: A review

Frontiers in Pharmacology

Volumn 3 MAR, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Mbikay, Majambu ^a,b  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Diabetes; Moringa oleifera; Natural products; Phytotherapy

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXY 2 PHENYLCHROMEN 4 ONE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; AURANTIAMIDE ACETATE; BENZOIC ACID; BENZYLAMINE; CAFFEIC ACID; CHLOROGENIC ACID; CINNAMIC ACID; FLAVONOID; GLIPIZIDE; GLUCOSINOLATE; ISOQUERCITRIN; ISOTHIOCYANATE GLYCOSIDE; ISOTRIFOLIN; KAEMPFEROL; MORINGA OLEIFERA EXTRACT; MORINGININE; NIAZIMININ; PHENOLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; QUERCETIN; QUINIC ACID; RETINOL; RUTINOSIDE; SIMVASTATIN; SITOSTEROL; SULFONYLUREA; THIOCARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIDYSLIPIDEMIC ACTIVITY; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC HYPERGLYCEMIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG STRUCTURE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FATALITY; FLOWER; FRUIT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LIPID HOMEOSTASIS; LIPOTOXICITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLANT FIBER; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TABLET; TISSUE DEGENERATION; TOXICITY TESTING; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84865979195     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16639812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2012.00024     Document Type: Article

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