Metabolic and hormonal effects of five common African diets eaten as mixed meals: The Cameroon Study

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 580-585

  Mbanya, J C N ^a   Mfopou, J K ^a   Sobngwi, E ^b   Mbanya, D N S ^a   Ngogang, J Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^b SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; Digestion; Glycaemic index; Insulin secretion; Insulinaemic index; Metabolism

Indexed keywords

C PEPTIDE; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HORMONE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BEAN; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAMEROON; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CASSAVA; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORN; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTENSION; IN VITRO STUDY; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESPONSE; INSULINEMIA; MALE; MEAL; METABOLISM; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; RICE; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOMATO; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VOLUNTEER; YAM;

ADULT; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; BLOOD GLUCOSE; C-PEPTIDE; CAMEROON; CHOLESTEROL; DIET; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIGESTION; DIOSCOREA; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HUMANS; INSULIN; KINETICS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MALE; MANIHOT; ORYZA SATIVA; PHASEOLUS; TRIGLYCERIDES; VEGETABLES; ZEA MAYS;

DIOSCOREA ALATA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); PLANTAGO; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0038742945     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601592     Document Type: Article

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