Aqueous extract of Persea americana leaves ameliorates alloxan-induced hyperglycaemia and hyperlipidaemia in rats

Stephen Chiadikaobi Okafor; Steven Samuel Gyang; Bilkisu Bello Maiha; Ejike Daniel Eze; Musa Itopa Yakubu; Ben Ahmed Chindo

doi:10.5897/JMPR2017.6487

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Medicinal Plants Research

Abbreviation: J. Med. Plants Res.
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DOI: 10.5897/JMPR
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Aqueous extract of Persea americana leaves ameliorates alloxan-induced hyperglycaemia and hyperlipidaemia in rats

Stephen Chiadikaobi Okafor1, Steven Samuel Gyang3, Bilkisu Bello Maiha1, Ejike Daniel Eze4, Musa Itopa Yakubu2 and Ben Ahmed Chindo1, 2*

1Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna, Nigeria. 2Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kaduna State University, Kaduna, Nigeria. 3Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Jos, Jos, Nigeria. 4Department of Physiology, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, Kampala International University, Kampala, Uganda
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Article Number - 986804166969
Vol.11(47), pp. 755-762 , December 2017
https://doi.org/10.5897/JMPR2017.6487

Received: 03 September 2017
Accepted: 13 November 2017
Published: 17 December 2017

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