Efficacy and Safety of the Dietary Supplement DBCare® in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Inadequate Glycemic Control

Journal of the American College of Nutrition

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 55-62

  Rotman Pikielny, Pnina ^a   Ness Abramof, Rosane ^a   Charach, Gideon ^b,c   Roitman, Alexander ^d   Zissin, Rivka ^a   Levy, Yair ^a  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ayurvedic medicine; diabetes mellitus; herbal medicine; oral hypoglycemic treatment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOSPERMS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY MASS INDEX; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84894105054     PISSN: 07315724     EISSN: 15411087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07315724.2014.870008     Document Type: Article

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