Hypoglycemic potentials of methanolic extracts of selected plant foods in alloxanized mice

Plant Foods for Human Nutrition

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1-7

  Ogundipe, O O ^a   Moody, J O ^a   Akinyemi, T O ^a   Raman, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alloxanized mice; Hypoglycemic activity; Plant foods

Indexed keywords

EID: 18644364167     PISSN: 09219668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:QUAL.0000040321.56831.c4     Document Type: Article

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