The beneficial effects of Noni fruit juice in diabetic patients

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1822-1826

  Sabitha, P ^a   Adhikari Prabha, M R ^a   Shetty Rukmini, M S ^a   Anupama, Hegde ^a   Asha, Kamath ^b  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Cholesterol levels; Glycaemic control; Morinda citrifolia L; Noni

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; FRUCTOSAMINE; GLUCOSE; GLUTATHIONE; HEMOGLOBIN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PLACEBO; POTASSIUM; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETIC PATIENT; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FRUCTOSAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; FRUIT JUICE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MORINDA CITRIFOLIA; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

MORINDA CITRIFOLIA;

EID: 77649206198     PISSN: None     EISSN: 0973709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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