Antidiabetic and antihyperlipidemic activity of leaves of Alstonia scholaris Linn. R.Br.

European Journal of Integrative Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-32

  Arulmozhi, Sinnathambi ^a   Mazumder, Papiya Mitra ^b   Lohidasan, Sathiyanarayanan ^a   Thakurdesai, Prasad ^a  

^a BHARATI VIDYAPEETH DEEMED UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Alstonia scholaris; Antidiabetic; Antihyperlipidemic; Antioxidant

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALSTONIA SCHOLARIS EXTRACT; CATALASE; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLUCOSE; GLUTATHIONE; GLYCOGEN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UREA; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ALSTONIA SCHOLARIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIHYPERLIPIDEMIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL DAMAGE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCOGEN ANALYSIS; GLYCOGEN LIVER LEVEL; GLYCOGEN MUSCLE LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; STREPTOZOTOCIN-INDUCED DIABETES MELLITUS; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 84951908680     PISSN: 18763820     EISSN: 18763839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eujim.2009.12.001     Document Type: Article

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