Preliminary Study of the Clinical Hypoglycemic Effects of Allium cepa (Red Onion) in Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetic patients

Environmental Health Insights

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Eldin, Imad M Taj ^a   Ahmed, Elhadi M ^a   Abd, Elwahab H M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEZIRA   (Sudan)

^b National Center for Research   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Allium cepa; diabetic patients; hypoglycemia; type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

EID: 85073262807     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11786302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4137/EHI.S5540     Document Type: Article

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