Characterization and antihyperglycemic activity of a polysaccharide from Dioscorea opposita Thunb roots

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 6391-6401

  Fan, Yijun ^a   He, Qinyi ^a   Luo, Aoshuang ^b   Wang, Miaoyu ^a   Luo, Aoxue ^a  

^a SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Antihyperglycemic; Dioscorea opposita Thunb; Polysaccharide

Indexed keywords

DIOSCOREA OPPOSITA EXTRACT; DOTP 80 POLYSACCHARIDE; GLUCOSE; MANNOSE; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYSACCHARIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; EXPERIMENTAL DIABETES MELLITUS; PLANT ROOT; YAM;

DIOSCOREA POLYSTACHYA; MUS; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DIOSCOREA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; PLANT ROOTS; POLYSACCHARIDES;

EID: 84925850363     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms16036391     Document Type: Article

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