Hypoglycemic and hypolipidemic activities of aqueous extract of flowers from Nycantus arbor-tristis L. in male mice

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Rangika, Bramanage Sachini ^a   Dayananda, Pavithra Dilakshini ^a   Peiris, Dinithi Champika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SRI JAYEWARDENEPURA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Aqueous extract of flower; Diabetes mellitus; Hypoglycemic; Hypolipidemic; Nyctanthes arbor tristis

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; GLUCOSE; GLYCOGEN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; NYCANTUS ARBOR EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID;

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLOWER; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GLUCOSE ABSORPTION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; GLYCOGEN ANALYSIS; GLYCOGEN MUSCLE LEVEL; IN VITRO STUDY; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIVER; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SRI LANKAN; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; OLEACEAE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; FLOWERS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; HYPOLIPIDEMIC AGENTS; LIPIDS; MALE; MICE; OLEACEAE; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 84939506302     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12906-015-0807-0     Document Type: Article

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