Functional foods in the treatment of type 2 diabetes: Olive leaf extract, turmeric and fenugreek, a qualitative review

Functional Foods in Health and Disease

Volumn 1, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 472-481

  Boaz, Mona ^a,d   Leibovitz, Eyal ^b   Dayan, Yosefa Bar ^c   Wainstein, Julio ^c  

^a Epidemiology and Research Unit

^b Internal Medicine Department A

^c WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fenugreek; Olive leaf extract; Turmeric; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899497164     PISSN: 23787007     EISSN: 21603855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.31989/ffhd.v1i11.114     Document Type: Review

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