Effect of Galega officinalis leaf powder and Trigonella foenum-graecum seed powder on blood glucose levels and weight gain in a diabetes mellitus rat model

Comparative Clinical Pathology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 145-148

  Shojaee, Seyedeh Sahar ^a   Vahdati, Akbar ^b   Assaei, Raheleh ^c   Sepehrimanesh, Masood ^d  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN   (Iran)

^c LORESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Galega officinalis; Streptozotocin; Trigonella foenum graecum

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890421288     PISSN: 16185641     EISSN: 1618565X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00580-013-1873-7     Document Type: Article

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