Efficacy of vijayasar (Pterocarpus marsupium) in the treatment of newly diagnosed patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A flexible dose double-blind multicenter randomized controlled trial

Diabetologia Croatica

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 13-20

  Hariharan, R S ^a   Venkataraman, S ^a   Sunitha, P ^a   Rajalakshmi, S ^a   Samal, K C ^b   Routray, B M ^b   Jayakumar, R V ^c   Baiju, K ^c   Satyavati, G V ^d   Muthuswamy, V ^d   Gupta, A K ^d   Kumar, N K ^d   Gupte, M D ^d,e   Radhakrishna, S ^e   Jayabal, P ^e   Venkatarao, T ^e   Tamby, Paul A ^e   Kishore Kumar, B ^e   Selvaraj, V ^e   Mathai, A K ^e  

^a MADRAS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b S C B MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^d INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^e National Institute of Epidemiology   (India)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Pterocarpus marsupium; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; KINO EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; TOLBUTAMIDE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIJAYASAR;

ADULT; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES CONTROL; DIET THERAPY; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INDIA; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PTEROCARPUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 21944456721     PISSN: 03510042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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