Methanolic root extract of Rauwolfia serpentina improves the glucose tolerance in Wister mice

Journal of Food and Drug Analysis

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Azmi, Muhammad Bilal ^a,b   Qureshi, Shamim A ^b  

^a DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Hypoglycaemic activity; LD50; Oral glucose tolerance test; Rauwolfia serpentina

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; METHANOL; METHANOLIC ROOT EXTRACT; RAUWOLFIA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; LD 50; MALE; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PLANT ROOT; RAUWOLFIA; SEDATION;

MUS; RAUVOLFIA SERPENTINA;

EID: 84866137259     PISSN: 10219498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6227/jfda.2012200208     Document Type: Article

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