Research Journal of Pharmacology
Year: 2010 | Volume: 4 | Issue: 3 | Page No.: 78-82
DOI: 10.3923/rjpharm.2010.78.82
Anti-Diabetic Effect of Morinda lucida Stem Bark Extracts on Alloxan-Induced Diabetic Rats
A.A. Odutuga, J.O. Dairo, J.B. Minari and F.A. Bamisaye
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