Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels., a novel therapeutic agent for diabetes: Folk medicinal and pharmacological evidences

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 232-243

  Ayyanar, Muniappan ^a   Subash Babu, Pandurangan ^b   Ignacimuthu, Savarimuthu ^c  

^a PACHAIYAPPA S COLLEGE   (India)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c LOYOLA COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Antihyperglycaemia; Antihyperlipidaemia; Eugenia jambolana; Jambolan; Syzygium cumini; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

DCBT; DIABECON; DIANEX; DIHAR; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLUCOSE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYPONIDD; MTEC; SYZYGIUM CUMINI EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BARK; CATARACT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; ENZYME INHIBITION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FRUIT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERINSULINEMIA; INSULIN LIKE ACTIVITY; INSULIN RELEASE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS ISLET; PLANT FIBER; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; PROTECTION; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SEED KERNEL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TEA; TOXICITY TESTING; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREATMENT DURATION;

DIABETES MELLITUS; EUGENIA; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT STRUCTURES;

EID: 84877119601     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: 18736963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2013.03.004     Document Type: Review

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