Anti-hyperglycemic effects of three medicinal plants in diabetic pregnancy: Modulation of T cell proliferation

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Yessoufou, Akadiri ^a   Gbenou, Joachim ^a   Grissa, Oussama ^b   Hichami, Aziz ^c   Simonin, Anne Marie ^c   Tabka, Zouhair ^b   Moudachirou, Mansourou ^a   Moutairou, Kabirou ^a   Khan, Naim A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

^b FARHAT HACHED HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Diabetic pregnancy; Fatty acids; Medicinal plants; T cell proliferation

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; NAUCLEA LATIFOLIA EXTRACT; OXYTENANTHERA ABYSSINICA EXTRACT; PICRALIMA NITIDA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SATURATED FATTY ACID; STREPTOZOCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; NAUCLEA LATIFOLIA; NONHUMAN; OXYTENANTHERA ABYSSINICA; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PICRALIMA NITIDA; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; RAT; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; APOCYNACEAE; ASCORBIC ACID; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; POACEAE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN DIABETICS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RUBIACEAE; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 84875829213     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-13-77     Document Type: Article

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