Improvement of insulin resistance by Panax ginseng in fructose-rich chow-fed rats

Hormone and Metabolic Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 146-151

  Liu, T P ^a   Liu, I M ^b   Cheng, Juei Tang ^c  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAJEN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fructose rich chow; Insulin resistance; Intraperitoneal glucose tolerance test; Panax ginseng; Tolbutamide

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE; GINSENG EXTRACT; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; TOLBUTAMIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GINSENG; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HERB-DRUG INTERACTIONS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; PANAX; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TOLBUTAMIDE;

EID: 17444385596     PISSN: 00185043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-861299     Document Type: Article

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