Anti-diabetic action of the aqueous extract of Ocimum suave in alloxan-induced diabetic rats
| Autor: | Umar, IA, Mohammed, A, Dawud, FA, Kyari, H, Abdullahi, M |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Antioxidant Thiobarbituric acid medicine.medical_treatment medicine.disease_cause Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Glibenclamide chemistry.chemical_compound Ocimum suave diabetes mellitus anti-hyperglycemic oxidative stress anti-oxidant Internal medicine Alloxan Diabetes mellitus Genetics medicine TBARS Molecular Biology biology medicine.disease Endocrinology Alanine transaminase chemistry biology.protein Agronomy and Crop Science Oxidative stress Biotechnology medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | African Journal of Biotechnology; Vol 11, No 38 (2012); 9243-9247 |
| ISSN: | 1684-5315 |
| DOI: | 10.5897/ajb12.3840 |
| Popis: | The anti-diabetic action of the aqueous extract of Ocimum suave in alloxan-induced diabetic rats was investigated. Male Wister strain albino rats (120 to 150 g) were divided into five groups of five animals each, three of which were made diabetic using alloxan. All rats in the diabetic groups had initial fasting blood glucose (FBG) levels .150 mg/dl, but after three weeks of treatment with extract or glibenclamide; the FBG significantly (p |
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