Effect of Cnidoscolus Aconitifolius leaf extract on the blood glucose and insulin levels of inbred type 2 diabetic mice

Cellular and Molecular Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 34-41

  Oladeinde, F O ^a   Kinyua, A M ^a,d   Laditan, A A ^a   Michelin, R ^a   Bryant, J L ^b   Denaro, F ^a,b   Makinde, J M ^c   Williams, A L ^a   Kennedy, A P ^a   Bronner, Y ^a  

^a MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Blood glucose; Chlorpropamide; Cnidoscolus aconitifolius; Inbred diabetic mice; Plant extract; Plasma insulin; Type II diabetes

Indexed keywords

CHLORPROPAMIDE; CNIDOSCOLUS ACONITIFOLIUS EXTRACT; EUPHORBIA EXTRACT; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CNIDOSCOLUS ACONITIFOLIUS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ISOLATION; EUPHORBIA; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RELEASE; MALE; MOUSE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALIA; CNIDOSCOLUS ACONITIFOLIUS; MUS;

EID: 84995308970     PISSN: 01455680     EISSN: 1165158X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1170/T794     Document Type: Article

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