Nature's own pharmacy: The diabetes perspective

Proceedings of the Nutrition Society

Volumn 56, Issue 1999, 1997, Pages 507-517

  Gray, Alison M ^a,b   Flatt, Peter R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMAN; REVIEW;

DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 0031090642     PISSN: 00296651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/pns19970051     Document Type: Review

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