Herbal management of diabetes mellitus: a rapidly expanding research avenue
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2012Author
NJAGI, JOAN
Ngeranwa, Joseph
Kibiti, Cromwell
Njagi, Eliud
Njue, Wilson
Gathumbi, Peter
Ngugi, Piero
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Conventional drug therapy though effective in the management of diabetes mellitus is expensive and has toxic side effects. Herbal medicine would thus provide alternative therapy if effective and less toxic. This paper reviews the use of various antidiabetic plants in management of diabetes mellitus. Their documented modes of actions along with in vivo are also discussed.
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Department of Veterinary Pathology, Microbiology and Parasitology,