Hypoglycaemic effect of aqueous extract of the leaves of Trigonella foenum-graecum in healthy volunteers

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 83-88

  Abdel Barry, J A ^a   Abdel Hassan, I A ^a   Jawad, A M ^a   Al Hakiem, M H H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASRAH   (Iraq)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; PLANT EXTRACT; PLASMA PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; IRAQ; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PROTEINS; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; CHOLESTEROL; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; HYPOKALEMIA; IRAQ; MALE; MEDICINE, ARABIC; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 0033766826     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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