Insulin-mimetic activity of stevioside on diabetic rats: Biochemical, molecular and histopathological study

African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 156-163

  Saleh, Osama M ^a,b   Awad, Nabil S ^c   Soliman, Mohamed M ^a,d   Mansour, Ahmed A ^a,e   Nassan, Mohammed A ^a,f  

^a TAIF UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR RADIATION RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY   (Egypt)

^c Aswan University   (Egypt)

^d Benha University   (Egypt)

^e Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

^f Zagazig University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Insulin like activity; Molecular effects; Stevioside

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARNITYLPALMITYL TRANSFERASE 1; CATALASE; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; INSULIN RECEPTOR SUBSTRATE 1; LEPTIN; LIPID; MALONALDEHYDE; MESSENGER RNA; METFORMIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; PYRUVATE KINASE; STEVIOSIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFICACY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN MIMETIC ACTIVITY; IRS 1 GENE; KIDNEY; LEPTIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPOLYSIS; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PANCREAS; PK GENE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UPREGULATION; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; WISTAR RAT;

EID: 84983442568     PISSN: None     EISSN: 01896016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ajtcam.v13i2.19     Document Type: Article

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