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Review

Traditional uses of medicinal plants to prevent and treat diabetes; an updated review of ethnobotanical studies in Iran

Majid Asadi-Samani 1, Mohammad-Taghi Moradi 2 * , Leila Mahmoodnia 3, Shahla Alaei 2, Fatemeh Asadi-Samani 2, Tahra Luther 4

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