Beneficial effects of ginger (Zingiber officinale) on carbohydrate metabolism in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 108, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1194-1201

  Abdulrazaq, Nafiu Bidemi ^a   Cho, Maung Maung ^b   Win, Ni Ni ^c   Zaman, Rahela ^a   Rahman, Mohammad Tariqur ^a  

^a Faculty of Science   (Malaysia)

^b INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate metabolism; Diabetic rats; Tissue glycogen; Zingiber officinale

Indexed keywords

6 PHOSPHOFRUCTOKINASE; CARBOHYDRATE; GINGER EXTRACT; GLUCOKINASE; GLUCOSE; PYRUVATE KINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SCREENING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCOGEN ANALYSIS; KIDNEY MASS; LD 50; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; GINGER; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLYCOGEN; GLYCOLYSIS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; KIDNEY; LETHAL DOSE 50; LIVER; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORGAN SIZE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RHIZOME; STREPTOZOCIN;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; ZINGIBER OFFICINALE;

EID: 84869433040     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114511006635     Document Type: Article

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