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Advances in Pharmacological Sciences
Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 195271, 5 pages
doi:10.1155/2011/195271
Research Article
Supplementation of Vitamin C Reduces Blood Glucose and Improves Glycosylated Hemoglobin in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Randomized, Double-Blind Study
1Department of Pharmacology, Indira Gandhi Government Medical College, Nagpur 440018, India
2Department of Pharmacology, Shree Sathya Sai Medical College and Research Institute, Chennai 603108, India
Received 21 August 2011; Revised 3 November 2011; Accepted 3 November 2011
Academic Editor: Mustafa F. Lokhandwala
Copyright © 2011 Ganesh N. Dakhale et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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