European Journal of Integrative Medicine
Volume 2, Issue 2 , Pages 79-87 , June 2010

Oreocnide integrifolia (Gaud.) Miq leaf water extract improves metabolic alterations in high fructose fed insulin resistant and hypertensive rats

  • Ansarullah

      Affiliations

    • Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, The M.S. University of Baroda, Vadodara 390002, Gujarat, India
    • ,
  • Bhavna Bharucha

      Affiliations

    • Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, The M.S. University of Baroda, Vadodara 390002, Gujarat, India
    • ,
  • Vaibhav Patel

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pharmacology, Pharmacy Department, Faculty of Technology & Engineering, The M.S. University of Baroda, Vadodara 390002, Gujarat, India
    • ,
  • A.V. Ramachandran

      Affiliations

    • Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, The M.S. University of Baroda, Vadodara 390002, Gujarat, India
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +91 265 2791898; fax: +91 265 2793693.

Received 12 December 2009 ,Revised 19 February 2010 ,Accepted 15 March 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.eujim.2010.03.005

European Journal of Integrative Medicine
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