Hypoglycemic activity of Artemisia herba-alba (Asso.) used in Egyptian traditional medicine as hypoglycemic remedy

Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 30-39

  Awad, Nagwa E ^a   Seida, Ahmed A ^b   Shaffie, Zakaria El Khayat Nermeen ^a   Abd El Aziz, Ahmed M ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Artemisia; Hypoglycemic; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875898011     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22313354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7324/JAPS.2012.2306     Document Type: Article

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