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Published in: Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome 1/2015

Open Access 01-12-2015 | Meeting abstract

Homologies between Bauhinia forficata Link subsp. pruinosa and pancreatic beta-cell specific transcriptional activator: a starting point for drug design new in diabetes?

Authors: Luis Jesuino de Oliveira Andrade, Gabriela Correia Matos de Oliveira, Paulo Roberto Santana de Melo, Hudson Sá Sodré, Carlos Alberto Menezes, Alcina Maria Vinhaes Bittencourt

Published in: Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome | Special Issue 1/2015

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Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a chronic disease with an ever-increasing incidence in world and has become the object of scientific research into the search for novel therapeutic alternatives. Bauhinia forficata Link, known locally as cow foot, has been traditionally used as tea in folk medicine of Brazil for treatment of DM. …
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Title
Homologies between Bauhinia forficata Link subsp. pruinosa and pancreatic beta-cell specific transcriptional activator: a starting point for drug design new in diabetes?
Authors
Luis Jesuino de Oliveira Andrade
Gabriela Correia Matos de Oliveira
Paulo Roberto Santana de Melo
Hudson Sá Sodré
Carlos Alberto Menezes
Alcina Maria Vinhaes Bittencourt
Publication date
01-12-2015
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome / Issue Special Issue 1/2015
Electronic ISSN: 1758-5996
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1758-5996-7-S1-A245

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