Antidiabetic effects of yam (Dioscorea batatas) and its active constituent, allantoin, in a rat model of streptozotocin-induced diabetes

Nutrients

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 8532-8544

  Go, Hyeon Kyu ^a   Rahman, Mahbubur ^a   Kim, Gi Beum ^a   Na, Chong Sam ^a   Song, Choon Ho ^a   Kim, Jin Shang ^a   Kim, Shang Jin ^a   Kang, Hyung Sub ^a  

^a Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Diabetic; Dioscorea batatas; Glucagon like peptide 1; Hyperglycemia; Insulin; Rat

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALLANTOIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C PEPTIDE; CREATINE KINASE; CREATININE; DIOSCOREA BATATAS EXTRACT; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1; GLUCOSE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MALONALDEHYDE; NITRATE; NITRITE; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEIN; STREPTOZOCIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIC ACID; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIOSCOREA POLYSTACHYA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HISTOLOGY; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; STREPTOZOTOCIN-INDUCED DIABETES MELLITUS; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DRUG EFFECTS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; METABOLISM; PHYTOTHERAPY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; YAM;

ALLANTOIN; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; C-PEPTIDE; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DIOSCOREA; GLUCAGON-LIKE PEPTIDE 1; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 84945206287     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu7105411     Document Type: Article

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