An extract from date seeds stimulates endogenous insulin secretion in streptozotocin-induced type I diabetic rats

Functional Foods in Health and Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 441-446

  El Fouhil, Ahmed F ^a   Ahmed, Aly M ^a   Atteya, Muhammad ^a   Mohamed, Raeesa A ^a   Moustafa, Amr S ^a   Darwish, Hasem H ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Date seed extract; Serum C peptide; Type 1 diabetes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919678219     PISSN: 23787007     EISSN: 21603855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.31989/ffhd.v3i11.33     Document Type: Article

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