A review of Algerian medicinal plants used in the treatment of diabetes

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 238, Issue , 2019, Pages

  Hamza, Nawel ^a,b   Berke, Bénédicte ^a   Umar, Anwar ^c   Cheze, Catherine ^a   Gin, Henri ^a   Moore, Nicholas ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b Universite Mentouri Constantine   (Algeria)

^c XINJIANG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Algerian medicinal plants; Diabetes; Traditional treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGERIA; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; APIACEAE; ARABIC (LANGUAGE); ARTEMISIA; CENTAURIUM; FENUGREEK; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRUBIUM; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; NONHUMAN; OLIVE TREE; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SALSOLA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEB OF SCIENCE; AFRICAN MEDICINE; ANIMAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; MEDICINAL PLANT; PHYTOTHERAPY;

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ALGERIA; ANIMALS; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 85064327791     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2019.111841     Document Type: Review

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