Antidiabetic and antidiarrhoeal potentials of ethanolic extracts of aerial parts of Cynodon dactylon Pers.

Objective: To explore the antidiabetic and the antidiarrhoeal effects of ethanolic extracts of Cynodon dactylon Pers. aerial parts (EECA) in Wistar rats. Methods: To assess the antidiabetic activity of EECA, oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) model and alloxan induced diabetic test (AIDT) model were...

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Main Authors: Md. Saidur Rahman, Rasheda Akter, Santosh Mazumdar, Faridul Islam, Nusrat Jahan Mouri, Nemai Chandra Nandi, Abu Sayeed Mohammad Mahmud
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-08-01
Series:Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2221169115001148