Anti-diabetic potential of noni: The Yin and the Yang

Molecules

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 17684-17719

  Nerurkar, Pratibha V ^a   Hwang, Phoebe W ^a   Saksa, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; Herbal products; Morinda citrifolia; Noni; Tahitian noni juice; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MORINDA; PRECLINICAL STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; CLINICAL STUDIES AS TOPIC; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; MORINDA; PLANT EXTRACTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84947572176     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules201017684     Document Type: Review

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