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Traditional plant treatments for diabetes mellitus: pharmaceutical foods

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 August 2007

Caroline Day
Caroline Day
Affiliation:
Diabetes Research GroupAston UniversityBirminghamB4 7ETUnited Kingdom
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Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 80 , Issue 1 , July 1998 , pp. 5 - 6
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1998

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