Short-term glucosamine infusion does not affect insulin sensitivity in humans

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 2099-2103

  Pouwels, Marie Jose J ^a   Jacobs, Judith R ^a   Span, Paul N ^a   Lutterman, Jos A ^a   Smits, Paul ^a   Tack, Cees J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSAMINE; GLUCOSAMINE SULFATE; GLUCOSE; HEXOSAMINE; INSULIN; NEUTRAL INSULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; FEMALE; FOREARM; GLUCOSAMINE; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; INSULIN; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 0035008921     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.86.5.2099     Document Type: Article

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