Antihyperglycemic and antioxidant activity of crocin in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 206-210

  Rajaei, Ziba ^a,b   Hadjzadeh, Mousa Al Reza ^a   Nemati, Habibollah ^a   Hosseini, Mahmoud ^a   Ahmadi, Marzieh ^a   Shafiee, Somayeh ^a  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Crocin; Diabetes; Hyperglycemia; Lipid peroxidation; Oxidative stress; Streptozotocin

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; CROCIN; GLUCOSE; LIPID; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; THIOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOSE RESPONSE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; KIDNEY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CAROTENOIDS; CROCUS; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; KIDNEY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; MALE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES;

EID: 84875160569     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: 15577600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2012.2407     Document Type: Article

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