Anti-hyperglycaemic globulins from selected Cucurbitaceae seeds used as antidiabetic medicinal plants in Africa

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Teugwa, Clautilde Mofor ^a   Boudjeko, Thaddée ^a   Tchinda, Bruno Tugnoua ^a   Mejiato, Pascaline Chouadeu ^a   Zofou, Denis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Citrullus lanatus; Cucumeropsis mannii; Cucurbita moschata; Cucurbitaceae; Globulins; Hypoglycaemic activity; Lagenaria siceraria; Telfairia occidentalis

Indexed keywords

GLOBULIN; GLUCOSE; GLUTENIN;

AFRICA; AFRICAN MEDICINE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUCUMEROPSIS MANNII; CUCURBITA MOSCHATA; CUCURBITACEAE; LAGENARIA SICERARIA; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PLANT SEED; PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; RAT; SOLUBILITY; TELFAIRIA OCCIDENTALIS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; WATERMELON;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CUCURBITACEAE; GLOBULINS; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEEDS;

EID: 84875020331     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-13-63     Document Type: Article

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