Medicinal plants with potential antidiabetic activity - A review of ten years of herbal medicine research (1990-2000)

International Journal of Diabetes and Metabolism

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-25

  Bnouham, Mohamed ^a   Ziyyat, Abderrahim ^a   Mekhfi, Hassane ^a   Tahri, Abdelhafid ^a   Legssyer, Abdelkhaleq ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Antidiabetic; Diabetes mellitus; Hypoglycaemic; Medicinal plants; Pharmacognosy

Indexed keywords

ACHYRANTHES ASPERA EXTRACT; ASTERACANTHA LONGIFOLIA EXTRACT; CHLORPROPAMIDE; COLOCYNTH; CORIANDRUM SATIVUM EXTRACT; CRYPTOLEPINE; CUMINUM CYMINUM EXTRACT; CUMINUM NIGRUM EXTRACT; DANCUS CAROTA EXTRACT; ELEUTHEROCOCCUS SENTICOSUS EXTRACT; ERUKA SATIVA EXTRACT; EUPHORBIA EXTRACT; FICUS BENGALENSIS EXTRACT; GINSENG EXTRACT; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GYMNEMA SYLVESTRE EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; INSULIN; MANGIFERA INDICA EXTRACT; MATTHIOLA LIVIDA EXTRACT; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA EXTRACT; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; PENGULARIA TOMENTOSA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; RHAZYA STRICTA EXTRACT; TOLBUTAMIDE; TOURNEFORTIA HIRSUTISSIMA EXTRACT; TRIGONELLA FOENUM GRAECUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VINCA ROSEA EXTRACT;

ANGIOSPERM; ARALIACEAE; ASTERACEAE; CUCUMBER; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG STRUCTURE; EUPHORBIA; FENUGREEK; FICUS; GYMNEMA SYLVESTRE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; LEGUME; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICINAL PLANT; METABOLIC DISORDER; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; MORACEAE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OPUNTIA; POLYGALACEAE; REVIEW; ROSACEAE; SUSTAINED RELEASE PREPARATION; WATERMELON;

EID: 34249071640     PISSN: 16067754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000497588     Document Type: Review

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