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Research Article

Hypoglycemic activity of aqueous seed extract of Hunteria umbellata in normal and streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats

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Pages 1011-1016 | Received 10 Jan 2008, Accepted 06 Feb 2009, Published online: 23 Sep 2009

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