Macro and micro-nutrient contents of 18 medicinal plants used traditionally to alleviate diabetes in nuevo leon, northeast of Mexico

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 271-276

  Maiti, Ratikanta ^a   Rodriguez, Humberto Gonzalez ^a   Kumari, Ch Aruna ^b   Sarkar, N C ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

^b PROFESSOR JAYASHANKAR TELANGANA STATE AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c VISVA BHARATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Macro and micro nutrients diabetes; Medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958750309     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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