Diabetes mellitus: Hypoglicemic plants and natural active principles;Diabetes melito: Plantas e princípios ativos naturais hipoglicemiantes

Revista Brasileira de Ciencias Farmaceuticas/Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 121-142

  Negri, Giuseppina ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Hypoglicemic activity of compounds; Hypoglicemic plants

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; CAPSAICIN DERIVATIVE; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; DIBENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOID; GLUCOSE; GLYCOPEPTIDE; GLYCOSIDE; IRIDOID; LIPID; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA EXTRACT; MOMORDICA CYMBALARIA EXTRACT; MUCUNA PRURIENS EXTRACT; MURRAYA KOEINGII EXTRACT; NATURAL PRODUCT; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE; SESQUITERPENE DERIVATIVE; STEROID; STILBENE DERIVATIVE; SYZYGIUM ALTERNIFOLIUM EXTRACT; SYZYGIUM CUMINI EXTRACT; TERPENOID DERIVATIVE; TINOSPORA CORDIFOLIA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; XANTHONE DERIVATIVE;

DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; EUGENIA JAMBOLANA; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HERB; HUMAN; HUNGER; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LIFESTYLE; LIVER TOXICITY; MACUNA PRURIENS; MEDICINAL PLANT; MICTURITION DISORDER; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; MOMORDICA CYMBALARIA; MURRAYA KOEINGII; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYZYGIUM ALTERNIFOLIUM; SYZYGIUM CUMINI; THIRST; TINOSPORA CORDIFOLIA; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 26444508003     PISSN: 15169332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-93322005000200002     Document Type: Review

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