A physiological level of rhubarb fiber increases proglucagon gene expression and modulates intestinal glucose uptake in rats

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 127, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1923-1928

  Reimer, Raylene A ^a   Thomson, Alan B R ^a   Rajotte, Ray V ^a   Basu, Tapan K ^a   Ooraikul, Buncha ^a   McBurney, Michael I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Glucose uptake; Proglucagon; Rats; Rhubarb fiber

Indexed keywords

C PEPTIDE; CELLULOSE; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; MESSENGER RNA; PROGLUCAGON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; RHUBARB;

ANIMALIA; RHEUM X CULTORUM;

EID: 0030800806     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/127.10.1923     Document Type: Article

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