Ameliorative potentials of cocoyam (Colocasia esculenta L.) and unripe plantain (Musa paradisiacal L.) on renal and liver growth in streptozotocin induced diabetic rats
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- 12 June 2013
- journal article
- Published by Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine Press in Journal of Acute Disease
- Vol. 2 (2), 140-147
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s2221-6189(13)60115-8
Abstract
To investigate the ameliorating potentials of cocoyam (Colocasia esculenta (C. esculenta) L.) and unripe plantain (Musa paradisiacae (M. paradisiacae) L.) incorporated feeds on renal and liver growth of STZ induced rats.Keywords
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