Chronic consumption of short-chain fructooligosaccharides by healthy subjects decreased basal hepatic glucose production but had no effect on insulin-stimulated glucose metabolism

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 939-945

  Luo, Jing ^b   Rizkalla, Salwa W ^b   Alamowitch, Catherine ^b   Boussairi, Abdelghani ^b   Blayo, Anne ^b   Barry, Jean Luc ^b   Laffitte, Annick ^b   Guyon, François ^b   Bornet, Francis R J ^b   Slama, Gérard ^a  

^a HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

blood lipids; colonic fermentation; dietary fiber; euglycemic hyperinsulinemic clamp; hepatic glucose production; insulin sensitivity; lactulose; short chain fatty acids; Short chain fructooligosaccharides

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG ERYTHROCYTE LEVEL; FERMENTATION; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; INSULIN BINDING; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 15844419156     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/63.6.939     Document Type: Article

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