Antihyperglycemic activity evaluation of leucas aspera (willd.) link leaf and stem and Lannea coromandelica (Houtt.) Merr. Bark extract in mice

Advances in Natural and Applied Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 385-388

  Mannan, Abdul ^a   Das, Hirak ^a   Rahman, Mohibur ^a   Jesmin, Jerin ^a   Siddika, Aziza ^a   Rahman, Mahabuba ^a   Rahman, Shahnaz ^a   Chowdhury, Majeedul H ^b   Rahmatullah, Mohammed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEVELOPMENT ALTERNATIVE   (Bangladesh)

^b NEW YORK CITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antihyperglycemic; Lannea coromandelica; Leucas aspera; Mice

Indexed keywords

LAMIACEAE; LANNEA COROMANDELICA; LEUCAS ASPERA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MUS;

EID: 79960437788     PISSN: 19950772     EISSN: 19981090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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