Oral hypoglycemic activity of culinary-medicinal mushrooms pleurotus ostreatus and P. cystidiosus (Higher basidiomycetes) in normal and alloxan-induced diabetic wistar rats

International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 347-355

  Jayasuriya, W J A B N ^a   Suresh, T S ^a   Abeytunga, D T U ^b   Fernando, G H ^a   Wanigatunga, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SRI JAYEWARDENEPURA   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Alloxan; Diabetes; Estrous cycle; Medicinal mushrooms; Pleurotus species; Postprandial; Serum glucose

Indexed keywords

ALLOXAN; FUNGAL EXTRACT; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; METFORMIN; PLEUROTUS CYSTIDIOSUS EXTRACT; PLEUROTUS OSTREATUS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLOXAN DIABETES MELLITUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; MALE; MUSHROOM; NONHUMAN; PLEUROTUS CYSTIDIOSUS; PLEUROTUS OSTREATUS; RAT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; VAGINA SMEAR;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; MALE; METFORMIN; PLEUROTUS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; PLEUROTUS; PLEUROTUS CYSTIDIOSUS; PLEUROTUS OSTREATUS; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 84872015402     PISSN: 15219437     EISSN: 19404344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/IntJMedMushr.v14.i4.20     Document Type: Article

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