Antioxidant, antidiabetic and hypolipidemic effects of Tulbaghia violacea Harv. (wild garlic) rhizome methanolic extract in a diabetic rat model

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Moodley, Kogi ^a   Joseph, Kimane ^a   Naidoo, Yougasphree ^b   Islam, Shahidul ^b   Mackraj, Irene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Hypoglycaemia; Lipid; Oxidative stress; Streptozotocin; Tulbaghia violacea

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIOXIDANT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CATALASE; CHOLESTEROL; DISTILLED WATER; GARLIC EXTRACT; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLUCOSE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLYCOGEN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LIPID; LIVER ENZYME; METHANOL; NITRIC OXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET RESTRICTION; DRUG EFFECT; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; GARLIC; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; GLYCOGEN LIVER LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPOLIPIDEMIC EFFECT; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER PROTECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PANCREAS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; RHIZOME; STREPTOZOTOCIN-INDUCED DIABETES MELLITUS; TREATMENT DURATION; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; TULBAGHIA VIOLACEA; URINE VOLUME; ALLIUM; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; EVALUATION STUDY; LIVER; METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYTOTHERAPY; WISTAR RAT;

ALLIUM; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; HYPOLIPIDEMIC AGENTS; LIVER; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RHIZOME;

EID: 84946950157     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12906-015-0932-9     Document Type: Article

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