Blood sugar lowering effect of coccinia grandis (L.) J. voigt: Path for a new drug for diabetes mellitus

Experimental Diabetes Research

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Munasinghe, M A A K ^a   Abeysena, C ^b   Yaddehige, I S ^c   Vidanapathirana, T ^a   Piyumal, K P B ^d  

^a GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^c Lady Ridgeway Hospital   (Sri Lanka)

^d Peripheral Hospital   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCCINIA GRANDIS; GLUCOSE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEADACHE; HERB; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NAUSEA; NORMAL HUMAN; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CUCURBITACEAE; DIET RESTRICTION; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; METABOLISM; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; SRI LANKA; TIME;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CUCURBITACEAE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FASTING; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; MALE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PREPARATIONS; POSTPRANDIAL PERIOD; SRI LANKA; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052703912     PISSN: 16875214     EISSN: 16875303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/978762     Document Type: Article

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