Effect of Grewia asiatica fruit on glycemic index and phagocytosis tested in healthy human subjects

Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 85-89

  Mesaik, Muhammad Ahmed ^a   Ahmed, Asif ^b   Khalid, Ahmed Shukralla ^a   Jan, Saleem ^a   Siddiqui, Afaq Ahmed ^a   Perveen, Shahida ^a   Azim, Muhammad Kamran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^b BAQAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Blood glucose level; Glycemic response; Nutraceuticals; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; CHLOROFORM; GLUCOSE; GREWIA ASIATICA EXTRACT; HEXANE; LUMINOL; PLANT EXTRACT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; GLYCEMIC INDEX; GREWIA; GREWIA ASIATICA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RESPIRATORY BURST;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; FEMALE; FRUIT; GLYCEMIC INDEX; GREWIA; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; MALE; NEUTROPHILS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SOLVENTS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872189694     PISSN: 1011601X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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