Comparative evaluation of anti-obesity effect of aloe vera and gymnema sylvestre supplementation in high-fat diet fed C57BL/6J mice

Journal of Intercultural Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 403-407

  Pothuraju, Ramesh ^a   Sharma, Raj Kumar ^a   Rather, Sarver Ahmed ^a   Singh, Satvinder ^a  

^a NATIONAL DAIRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Aloe vera; Gymnema sylvestre; High fat diet; Inflammatory markers; Obesity

Indexed keywords

EID: 85014206962     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21468397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5455/jice.20160623122710     Document Type: Article

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