Use of herbal remedies by diabetic hispanic women in the Southwestern United States

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 250-255

  Johnson, Lane ^a   Strich, Hal ^a   Taylor, Ann ^a   Timmermann, Barbara ^d   Malone, Daniel ^a   Teufel Shone, Nicky ^a   Drummond, Rebecca ^a   Woosley, Raymond ^e   Pereira, Eladio ^b   Martinez, Art ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Mariposa Community Health Center   (United States)

^c El Rio Health Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^e CRITICAL PATH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Herbal remedies; Hispanic females; Interviews; Medical charts

Indexed keywords

ALOE VERA EXTRACT; AMARANTH; AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; BLACK TEA EXTRACT; CASSIA EXTRACT; CHAMOMILE; CORDIA MYXA EXTRACT; CRATAEGUS EXTRACT; CROTON EXTRACT; EUCALYPTUS EXTRACT; GARLIC EXTRACT; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; HEMATOXYLIN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; MORINDA CITRIFOLIA EXTRACT; OPUNTIA EXTRACT; TRIGONELLA FOENUM GRAECUM EXTRACT;

DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; REVIEW;

DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES;

ALLIUM SATIVUM; ALOE VERA; AMARANTHUS CAUDATUS; ANTHEMIS; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; CORDIA MYXA; CRATAEGUS; EUCALYPTUS; GINKGO BILOBA; MORINDA CITRIFOLIA; OPUNTIA; TRIGONELLA FOENUM-GRAECUM;

EID: 33645906244     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1820     Document Type: Review

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