Glycemic properties of trichosanthes dioica leaves

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 894-899

  Rai, Prashant Kumar ^a   Jaiswal, Dolly ^a   Singh, Rakesh Kumar ^a   Gupta, Rajesh Kumar ^b   Watal, Geeta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALLAHABAD   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Anti diabetic; glibenclamide; glucose tolerance test; streptozotocin; Trichosanthes dioica leaves

Indexed keywords

EID: 57149112795     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200802370167     Document Type: Article

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