Herbal remedies for the treatment of Diabetes mellitus in African traditional medicine;Pflanzen zur behandlung von Diabetes mellitus in der Afrikanischen traditionellen medizin: Eine Übersicht

Zeitschrift fur Phytotherapie

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 224-233

  Neuwinger, Hans Dieter ^a  

^a NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

African traditional medicine; Diabetes mellitus; Ethno botany; Hypoglycemic herbal preparations

Indexed keywords

ABUTILON INDICUM EXTRACT; ACACIA FARNESIANA EXTRACT; ACACIA NILOTICA EXTRACT; ARTEMISIA HERBA ALBA EXTRACT; ARTOCARPUS HETEROPHYLLUS EXTRACT; BAMBUSA VULGARIS EXTRACT; BRASSICA OLERACEA EXTRACT; CAJANUS CAJAN EXTRACT; CANAVALIA ENSIFORMIS EXTRACT; CARPOBROTUS EDULIS EXTRACT; CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS EXTRACT; CEDRELOPSIS GREVEI EXTRACT; CHASSALIA KOLLY EXTRACT; CHRYSOBALANUS ICACO EXTRACT; COCCINIA GRANDIS EXTRACT; COCCULUS HIRSUTUS EXTRACT; COLA ACUMINATA EXTRACT; CUMINUM CYMINUM EXTRACT; DATURA FASTUOSA EXTRACT; EMBELIA MADAGASCARIENSIS EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYPOXIS HEMEROCALLIDEA EXTRACT; IPOMOEA BATATAS EXTRACT; MALVA VERTICILLATO EXTRACT; MIMUSA PUDICA EXTRACT; NIGELLA SATIVO EXTRACT; OLEO EUROPOEA EXTRACT; PUNICA GRANATUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; URTICA DIOICA EXTRACT;

ABUTILON INDICUM; ACACIA; ARTEMISIA; ARTICLE; BAMBUSA; BRASSICA; BREADFRUIT; CANAVALIA; CHRYSOBALANUS ICACO; COCCULUS; CUMIN; DATURA; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SYNTHESIS; EMBELIA; ETHNOBOTANY; HERB; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPOXIS; MALVA; MIMUSA PUDICA; NIGELLA SATIVO; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OLEO EUROPOEA; POMEGRANATE; SWEET POTATO; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URTICA DIOICA;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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