A Mechanistic Review on Medicinal Plants Used for Diabetes Mellitus in Traditional Persian Medicine

Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 944-955

  Farzaei, Fatemeh ^a   Morovati, Mohammad Reza ^b   Farjadmand, Fatemeh ^b   Farzaei, Mohammad Hosein ^a,c  

^a KERMANSHAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c PhytoPharmacology Interest Group (PPIG)   (Iran)

Author keywords

complementary and alternative medicine; diabetes mellitus; dietary supplement; herbal medicine; traditional Persian medicine

Indexed keywords

EID: 85025477990     PISSN: 21565872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2156587216686461     Document Type: Review

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