Management of hyperglycaemia by ethyl acetate extract of balanites aegyptiaca (Desert date)

Molecules

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 14425-14434

  Al Malki, Abdulrahman L ^a   Barbour, Elie K ^a,b   Abulnaja, Kalid O ^a   Moselhy, Said S ^a,c  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^c Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Antidiabetic; Balanites aegyptiaca; Ethyl acetate extract; Inflammatory cytokines

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; PLANT EXTRACT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL; BALANITES; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE MODEL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERGLYCEMIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT;

ACETATES; ANIMALS; BALANITES; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 84941242908     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules200814425     Document Type: Article

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