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Salacia reticulata (Kothala himbutu) revisited; a missed opportunity to treat diabetes and obesity?

BACKGROUND: Nearly 50% of diabetic patients worldwide use complementary medicines to treat or supplement their conventional diabetes treatment. Salacia reticulata (Kothala himbutu) is a woody climber used widely in the Ayurvedic system to treat diabetes and obesity. OBJECTIVE: In this review I criti...

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Autor principal: Medagama, Arjuna B
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4351933/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25889885
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12937-015-0013-4