Hypoglycemic indices of Vernonia amygdalina on postprandial blood glucose concentration of healthy humans

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 4581-4585

  Okolie, Uchenna V ^a   Okeke, Chinwe E ^a   Oli, John M ^a   Ehiemere, Ijeoma O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate metabolism; Diabetes dietary management; Postprandial blood glucose; Vernonia amygdalina

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; GLUCOSE; GONGRONEMA LATIFOLIUM EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERNONIA AMYGDALINA EXTRACT;

ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DRUG ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GLUCOMETER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; GONGRONEMA LATIFOLIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PLANT FIBER; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; RANDOMIZATION; VEGETABLE; VERNONIA; VERNONIA AMYGDALINA;

GONGRONEMA; GONGRONEMA LATIFOLIUM; VERNONIA; VERNONIA AMYGDALINA;

EID: 58149248038     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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