An ethno-medicinal study of medicinal plants used for the treatment of diabetes

Journal of Nephropathology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 44-50

  Baharvand Ahmadi, Babak ^a   Bahmani, Mahmoud ^b   Tajeddini, Pegah ^c   Naghdi, Nasrollah ^d   Rafieian Kopaei, Mahmoud ^c  

^a LORESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b URMIA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHREKORD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d ILAM UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Hypertension; Medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; CUCURBITACEAE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNOBOTANY; FRUIT; HUMAN; IRAN; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROSACEAE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TRADITIONAL HEALER;

EID: 84954506016     PISSN: 22518363     EISSN: 22518819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12860/jnp.2016.08     Document Type: Article

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