L-arginine but not D-arginine stimulates insulin-mediated glucose uptake

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1068-1073

  Paolisso, Giuseppe ^a   Tagliamonte, Maria Rosaria ^a   Marfella, Raffaele ^a   Verrazzo, Giovanni ^a   D'Onofrio, Felice ^a   Giugliano, Dario ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CYCLIC GMP; DEXTRO ARGININE; GLUCAGON; INSULIN; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BODY COMPOSITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENTIATION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE CLAMP TECHNIQUE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0030848613     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0026-0495(97)90280-8     Document Type: Article

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