Flavonoid rich fraction of Punica granatum improves early diabetic nephropathy by ameliorating proteinuria and disturbed glucose homeostasis in experimental animals

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 61-71

  Ankita, Patel ^a   Deepti, Bandawane ^a   Nilam, Mhetre ^a  

^a Affiliated to Savitribai Phule Pune University   (India)

Author keywords

Antihyperglycemic; Antihyperlipidemic; Antioxidant; Quercetin; Renal protective; Streptozotocin; Traditional herbal medicine

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; CREATININE; FLAVONOID; GALLIC ACID; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLUCOSE; GLUTATHIONE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; MALONALDEHYDE; NITROGEN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POMEGRANATE EXTRACT; QUERCETIN; SERUM ALBUMIN; STREPTOZOCIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TANNIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UREA; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HIGH PERFORMANCE THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY MASS; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PROTEINURIA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; RENAL PROTECTION; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; URINE VOLUME; WISTAR RAT; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; COMPLICATION; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; DRUG EFFECTS; EXPERIMENTAL DIABETES MELLITUS; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HOMEOSTASIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KIDNEY; LYTHRACEAE; METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; LYTHRACEAE; PUNICA GRANATUM; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; FEMALE; FLAVONOIDS; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HOMEOSTASIS; KIDNEY; LIPIDS; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT LEAVES; PROTEINURIA; PUNICACEAE; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84919459142     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13880209.2014.910533     Document Type: Article

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