Antihyperglycemic activity of Ficus racemosa bark extract in type 2 diabetic individuals

Journal of Diabetes

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 318-319

  Ahmed, Faiyaz ^a   Hudeda, Shivaprasad ^b   Urooj, Asna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE   (India)

^b JSS College   (India)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Glibenclamide; Moraceae; Serum insulin; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

FICUS RACEMOSA EXTRACT; PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; BARK; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; FICUS RACEMOSA; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LETTER; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FICUS; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; MIDDLE AGED; PLACEBOS; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 82355175497     PISSN: 17530393     EISSN: 17530407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-0407.2011.00152.x     Document Type: Letter

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