Efficacy of the total extract of Urtica dioica on the glucose utilization by the human muscle cells

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 437-440

  Mobaseri, Majid ^a   Aliasgarzadeh, Akbar ^a   Bahrami, Amir ^a   Zargami, Nosratollah ^b   Tabrizi, Ali ^a  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Hypoglycaemic activity; Insulin sensitivity; Urtica dioica

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; PENICILLIN G; STREPTOMYCIN; STREPTOZOCIN; URTICA DIOICA EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLUCOSE OXIDASE METHOD; GLUCOSE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; MUSCLE CELL; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PROCEDURES;

EID: 84901987343     PISSN: 2249782X     EISSN: 0973709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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