Diabetes and herbal (botanical) medicine

Herbal Medicine: Biomolecular and Clinical Aspects: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 405-418

  Cefalu, William T ^a,b   Stephens, Jaqueline M ^a,b   Ribnicky, David M ^a,b  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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