An update on natural compounds in the remedy of diabetes mellitus: A systematic review

Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 361-376

  Choudhury, Hira ^a   Pandey, Manisha ^a   Hua, Chua Kui ^a   Mun, Cheah Shi ^a   Jing, Jessmie Koh ^a   Kong, Lillian ^a   Ern, Liang Yee ^a   Ashraf, Nik Ahmad ^a   Kit, Soohg Wai ^a   Yee, Tan Sin ^a   Pichika, Mallikarjuna Rao ^a   Gorain, Bapi ^b   Kesharwani, Prashant ^a,c  

^a INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Malaysia)

^c CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Active component; Diabetes control; Herbal medicine; Insulin resistivity; Insulin secretion

Indexed keywords

EID: 85036524571     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22254110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcme.2017.08.012     Document Type: Review

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