Chronic administration of a combination of six herbs inhibits the progression of hyperglycemia and decreases serum lipids and aspartate amino transferase activity in diabetic rats

Advances in Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Shafiee Nick, Reza ^a,b   Ghorbani, Ahmad ^a   Vafaee Bagheri, Farzaneh ^a   Rakhshandeh, Hassan ^a,b  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTEROL; CINNAMOMUM ZEYLANICUM EXTRACT; GARLIC EXTRACT; GLUCOSE; LIPID; NIGELLA SATIVA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; POMEGRANATE EXTRACT; SALVIA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; TEUCRIUM POLIUM EXTRACT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLACK CUMIN; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CINNAMOMUM ZEYLANICUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INACTIVATION; GARLIC; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HYPERGLYCEMIA; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; POMEGRANATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SALVIA OFFICINALIS; TEUCRIUM POLIUM; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 84872128086     PISSN: 16876334     EISSN: 16876342     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/789796     Document Type: Article

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