Momordica balsamina improves glucose handling in a diet-induced prediabetic rat model

• Bongiwe Khumalo ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: 215080288@stu.ukzn.ac.za

  Affiliation Department of Physiology, School of Laboratory Medicine and Medical Science, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5421-7705

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• Angezwa Siboto,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Physiology, School of Laboratory Medicine and Medical Science, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban, South Africa

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• Akinjide Moses Akinnuga,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Physiology, School of Laboratory Medicine and Medical Science, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban, South Africa, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, Cross River University of Technology, Okuku Campus, Cross River, Nigeria

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7855-8176

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• Ntethelelo Sibiya,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Pharmacology Division, Faculty of Pharmacy, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa

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• Andile Khathi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Physiology, School of Laboratory Medicine and Medical Science, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban, South Africa

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• Phikelelani Siphosethu Ngubane

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Physiology, School of Laboratory Medicine and Medical Science, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban, South Africa

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