Hypoglycemic activities of commonly-used traditional Chinese herbs

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 849-864

  Feng, Shengbao ^a,c   Song, Lixia ^b   Liu, Yuancai ^c   Lai, Fuli ^c   Zuo, Gang ^c   He, Guangyuan ^a   Chen, Mingjie ^a   Huang, Dejian ^b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c Jing Brand Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Herbal Medicine; High Throughput Screen; Starch Hydrolysis; Amylase; Glucosidase

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; AMYLASE; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; CAULIS MULTIFORI EXTRACT; CHINESE DRUG; CORTEX CINNAMOMI EXTRACT; FOLIUM GINKGO EXTRACT; FRUCTUS AMOMI EXTRACT; RHIZOMA DIBOTRYIS EXTRACT; RHIZOMA OFFICINARUM EXTRACT; ROSA RUGOSA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CAULIS MULTIFORI; CHINESE HERB; CORTEX CINNAMOMI; DRUG ISOLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FOLIUM GINKGO; FOOD INDUSTRY; FRUCTUS AMOMI; GLUCOSE ASSAY; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HYPERGLYCEMIA; IC 50; RHIZOMA DIBOTRYIS; RHIZOMA OFFICINARUM; ROSA RUGOSA;

EID: 84881142149     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X13500572     Document Type: Article

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