Negative regulation of glucose uptake by Costus pictus in L6 myotube cell line

Journal of Pharmaceutical Negative Results

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 24-26

  Pareek, Anil ^a,c   Suthar, Manish ^a   Godavarthi, Ashok ^b   Goyal, Manoj ^c   Bansal, Vijay ^c  

^a JSS COLLEGE OF PHARMACY   (India)

^b Himalaya Health Care   (India)

^c L M College of Science and Technology (Pharmacy Wing)   (India)

Author keywords

Costus pictus; diabetes; GLUT4 glucose uptake; insulin; L6 cell line

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872190342     PISSN: 09769234     EISSN: 22297723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0976-9234.68872     Document Type: Article

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