The Antidiabetic and Antihypercholesterolemic Effects of an Aqueous Extract from Pecan Shells in Wistar Rats

Plant Foods for Human Nutrition

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 414-419

  Porto, Luiz Carlos S ^a,b   da Silva, Juliana ^a   Ferraz, Alexandre B F ^a   Ethur, Eduardo M ^c   Porto, Caroline D L ^d   Marroni, Norma P ^a   Picada, Jaqueline N ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE LUTERANA DO BRASIL   (Brazil)

^b Universidade da Regiao da Campanha   (Brazil)

^c CENTRO UNIVERSITÁRIO UNIVATES   (Brazil)

^d Universidade Regional Integrada   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carya illinoinensis; Comet assay; Micronucleus test; Streptozotocin induced diabetes mellitus; Tyloxapol induced hypercholesterolemia

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TYLOXAPOL; UREA; WATER;

ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CARYA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHEMISTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; NUT; PHYTOTHERAPY; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CARYA; CHOLESTEROL; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; MALE; NUTS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TRIGLYCERIDES; UREA; WATER;

EID: 84948565838     PISSN: 09219668     EISSN: 15739104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11130-015-0510-9     Document Type: Article

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