Informant consensus selection method: A reliability assessment on medicinal plants used in north western Nigeria for the treatment of diabetes mellitus

African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 496-500

  Etuk, E U ^a   Mohammed, B J ^a  

^a USMANU DANFODIYO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Informant consensus; Medicinal plants; Screening

Indexed keywords

ANGEISSUS LEIOCARPUS EXTRACT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; CALOTROPIS PROCERA EXTRACT; CASSIA AREREH EXTRACT; CASSIA GOROTENSIS EXTRACT; GLUCOSE; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM EXTRACT; KHAYA SENEGALENSIS EXTRACT; MAGNIFERA INDICA EXTRACT; METFORMIN; MORINGA OLEIFERA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SENNA OCCIDENTALIS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERNONIA AMYGDALINA EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BARK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; RAT;

EID: 77953661564     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19960816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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