Use of unripe plantain (Musa paradisiaca) in the management of diabetes and hepatic dysfunction in streptozotocin induced diabetes in rats

Interventional Medicine and Applied Science

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 9-16

  Eleazu, Chinedum O ^a   Okafor, Polycarp ^b  

^a National Root Crops Research Institute Umudike   (Nigeria)

^b MICHAEL OKPARA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

diabetes; streptozotocin; unripe plantain

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMYLASE; ARACHIS OIL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; BILIRUBIN GLUCURONIDE; CARBOHYDRATE; FAT; GALLIC ACID; GLUCOSE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; VITAMIN MIXTURE;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BANANA; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES CONTROL; DIETARY FIBER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLOUR; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE URINE LEVEL; HEART WEIGHT; KIDNEY MASS; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PANCREAS; RAT; SOYBEAN; STREPTOZOTOCIN-INDUCED DIABETES MELLITUS; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE BLOOD LEVEL; UNRIPE PLANTAIN; URINALYSIS;

EID: 84925365949     PISSN: 20611617     EISSN: 20615094     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/IMAS.7.2015.1.2     Document Type: Article

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