Antidiabetic activity of stem bark of Bauhinia variegata in alloxan-induced hyperglycemic rats

Journal of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapeutics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 64-66

  Kumar, Parveen ^a   Baraiya, Shailesh ^b   Gaidhani, S N ^c   Gupta, M D ^a   Wanjari, Manish M ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT OF INDIA   (India)

^b JIWAJI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c Central Council for Research in Ayurveda and Siddha   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; BAUHINIA VARIEGATA EXTRACT; GLUCOSE; METFORMIN; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; BARK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HYPERGLYCEMIA; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; LETTER; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; RAT; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 84878689302     PISSN: 0976500X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.92518     Document Type: Letter

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