Hypoglycemic and hepatoprotective activity of Rosmarinus officinalis extract in diabetic rats

Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 779-783

  Ramadan, Kholoud S ^a,b   Khalil, Olfat A ^c   Danial, Enas N ^a,d   Alnahdi, Hanan S ^a   Ayaz, Najla O ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

^c AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Hepatoprotection; Hypoglycemia; Rosmarinus officinalis; Streptozotocin

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C PEPTIDE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LIVER PROTECTIVE AGENT; LIVER PROTEIN; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; STREPTOZOCIN;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES CONTROL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER PROTECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES;

RATTUS; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; C-PEPTIDE; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; LIVER; MALE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; ROSMARINUS; STREPTOZOCIN;

EID: 84888438394     PISSN: 11387548     EISSN: 18778755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13105-013-0253-8     Document Type: Article

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