Are herbal remedies of use in diabetes?

Diabetic Medicine, Supplement

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 10-12

  Day, C ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; CINNAMOMUM CASSIA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA EXTRACT; ALKALOID; ANTINEOPLASTIC ALKALOID; BLIGHIA EXTRACT; CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS EXTRACT; CINNAMON EXTRACT; GINSENG EXTRACT; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PLANT EXTRACT; VINBLASTINE; VINCRISTINE; WARFARIN;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; BLIGHIA; CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET THERAPY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOXICITY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MASSAGE; PHYTOTHERAPY; REVIEW; YOGA; AMANITA PHALLOIDES; ARTICLE; CINNAMOMUM; CINNAMOMUM CASSIA; CINNAMON; GLYCOGEN LIVER LEVEL; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; NONHUMAN; SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 13244269876     PISSN: 14665468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2005.1531e.x     Document Type: Review

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