Effects of coconut water on carbohydrate metabolism and pancreatic pathology of alloxan induced diabetic rats

European Journal of Integrative Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 234-240

  Preetha, Prabhakaran Prabha ^a   Girija Devi, Vishalakshiamma ^b   Rajamohan, Thankappan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KERALA   (India)

^b Government College for Women   (India)

Author keywords

Cell regeneration; Glycated hemoglobin; Glycogen phosphorylase; Glycolytic enzymes; Insulin; Oral glucose tolerance test

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALLOXAN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARBOHYDRATE; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; INSULIN;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALLOXAN DIABETES MELLITUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BODY WEIGHT; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELL REGENERATION; COCONUT MILK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCOGEN ANALYSIS; GLYCOGEN LIVER LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TREATMENT DURATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84878136417     PISSN: 18763820     EISSN: 18763839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eujim.2012.12.005     Document Type: Article

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