The hypoglycemic effect of the aqueous extract of the fruits of Balanites aegypticea in Alloxan-induced diabetic rats

Pharmacognosy Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-5

  Baragob, Abdella Emam ^a   Almalki, Waleed ^a   Shahid, Imran ^a   Bakhdhar, Fatimah ^a   Bafhaid, Hanouf ^a   Eldeen, Omar Muhammad ^b  

^a UMM AL QURA UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b OMDURMAN ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Balanites aegypticea; diabetic rats; hypoglycemic effect; plasma glucose level

Indexed keywords

ALLOXAN; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; BALANITES AEGYPTICEA EXTRACT; GLUCOSE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BALANITES; BALANITES AEGYPTICEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; FRUIT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84891840103     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09748490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.122909     Document Type: Article

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