Trigonella foenum graecum seed powder protects against histopathological abnormalities in tissues of diabetic rats

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 266, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 151-159

  Thakran, Shalini ^a   Siddiqui, M R ^a   Baquer, Najma Z ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Enzyme changes; Histopathology; Trigonella foenum graecum

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRATE DEHYDROGENASE; ALLOXAN; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; TRIGONELLA FOENUM GRAECUM EXTRACT;

ALLOXAN DIABETES MELLITUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG POTENCY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FENUGREEK; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY STRUCTURE; LIVER CELL; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER STRUCTURE; MITOCHONDRION SWELLING; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; RAT; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FEMALE; HEPATOCYTES; KIDNEY; LIVER; MITOCHONDRIA, LIVER; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEEDS; TRIGONELLA;

TRIGONELLA FOENUM; TRIGONELLA FOENUM GRAECUM;

EID: 9444283831     PISSN: 03008177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:MCBI.0000049153.14295.0d     Document Type: Article

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