The antigluconeogenic activity of cucurbitacins from Momordica charantia

Planta Medica

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 327-332

  Chen, Jian Chao ^a   Lau, Clara Bik San ^b   Chan, Judy Yuet Wa ^b   Fung, Kwok Pui ^b   Leung, Ping Chung ^b   Liu, Jie Qing ^a   Zhou, Lin ^a   Xie, Ming Jin ^c   Qiu, Ming Hua ^a  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

antigluconeogenic activity; Cucurbitaceae; cucurbitacin; kuguacins II VI; Momordica charantia; PEPCK activity

Indexed keywords

CUCURBITACIN; KUGUACIN II; KUGUACIN III; KUGUACIN IV; KUGUACIN V; KUGUACIN VI; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; CUCURBITANE; GLUCOSE; GLYCOSIDE; PCK2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYKINASE (ATP); PLANT EXTRACT; TRITERPENE;

ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIGLUCONEOGENIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; GLUCONEOGENESIS; LIVER CELL; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; NONHUMAN; SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; FRUIT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER; METABOLISM;

CUCURBITACEAE; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA;

CUCURBITACINS; FRUIT; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLUCOSE; GLYCOSIDES; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; LIVER; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYKINASE (ATP); PLANT EXTRACTS; TRITERPENES; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84924576749     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: 14390221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1545695     Document Type: Article

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