Antihyperglycemic and antioxidant effect of ginger extract on streptozotocin-diabetic rats

Pakistan Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1107-1112

  Al Assaf, Abdullah H ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Antioxidant status; Blood glucose; Diabetic rats; Ginger; Lipid peroxidation

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GINGER EXTRACT; GLUCOSE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MALONALDEHYDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE FUNCTION AND CHARACTERISTICS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLASMA; RAT; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; TREATMENT DURATION; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

RATTUS; ZINGIBER OFFICINALE;

EID: 84879253346     PISSN: 16805194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2012.1107.1112     Document Type: Article

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