Asparagus officinalis extract controls blood glucose by improving insulin secretion and β-cell function in streptozotocin-induced type 2 diabetic rats

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 108, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1586-1595

  Hafizur, Rahman Md ^a   Kabir, Nurul ^a   Chishti, Sidra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cell function; Antioxidant status; Asparagus officinalis; Insulin secretion; Neonatal streptozotocin induced type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ASPARAGUS OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLUCAGON; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; PLANT EXTRACT; STREPTOZOCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARAGUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RELEASE; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET ALPHA CELL; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PLANT SEED; RAT; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASPARAGUS PLANT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; MALE; MEDICINE, AYURVEDIC; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEEDS; STREPTOZOCIN; TOXICITY TESTS, ACUTE;

ASPARAGUS OFFICINALIS; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 84869994075     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114511007148     Document Type: Article

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