Chemical and biological investigations of Limonium axillare reveal mechanistic evidence for its antidiabetic activity.

Root and bark of Limonium axillare (Forssk) Kuntze are used as antidiabetic remedies in parts of East Africa, but this activity has never been fully investigated. To validate its ethnobotanical use, we compared the chemical and pharmacological profiles of the ethanolic extracts of L. axillare root (...

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Main Authors: Essam Abdel-Sattar, Manal M Shams, Marwa M Abd-Rabo, Nehad Mahmoud, Engy A Mahrous
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255904