Extract of Moringa oleifera leaves ameliorates streptozotocin-induced Diabetes mellitus in adult rats

Acta Histochemica

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 844-854

  Yassa, Hanan Dawood ^a   Tohamy, Adel Fathy ^b  

^a BENI SUEF UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Cairo University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Moringa oleifera; Oxidative stress; Rat; Ultrastructure; cells

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER; GLUCOSE; GLUTATHIONE; MALONALDEHYDE; MORINGA OLEIFERA EXTRACT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; STREPTOZOCIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PLANT LEAF; RAT; STREPTOZOTOCIN-INDUCED DIABETES MELLITUS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHEMISTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DRUG EFFECTS; MORINGA OLEIFERA; PANCREAS; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

MORINGA OLEIFERA; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; MALE; MORINGA OLEIFERA; PANCREAS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STREPTOZOCIN;

EID: 84904057563     PISSN: 00651281     EISSN: 16180372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acthis.2014.02.002     Document Type: Article

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