The juice of fresh leaves of Catharanthus roseus Linn. reduces blood glucose in normal and alloxan diabetic rabbits

BACKGROUND: The leaf juice or water decoction of Catharanthus roseus L. (Apocyanaceae) is used as a folk medicine for the treatment of diabetes all over the world. In the present investigation, the leaf juice of C. roseus has been evaluated for its hypoglycemic activity in normal and alloxan-induced...

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Autores principales: Nammi, Srinivas, Boini, Murthy K, Lodagala, Srinivas D, Behara, Ravindra Babu S
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2003
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC194756/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12950994
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6882-3-4

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC194756/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12950994
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6882-3-4

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