Current update on anti-diabetic biomolecules from key traditional indian medicinal plants

Current Science

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 721-727

  Noor, Ayesha ^a   Bansal, Vinay S ^a   Vijayalakshmi, M A ^a,b  

^a VIT UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIÈGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Anti diabetic; Biomolecules; Diabetes; Hyperglycemia; Medicinal plants.

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM CEPA; ALLIUM SATIVUM; ALOE VERA; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; GYMNEMA SYLVESTRE; PTEROCARPUS; PTEROCARPUS MARSUPIUM; SYZYGIUM CUMINI;

EID: 84876996807     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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