Natural Honey Lowers Plasma Glucose, C-Reactive Protein, Homocysteine, and Blood Lipids in Healthy, Diabetic, and Hyperlipidemic Subjects: Comparison with Dextrose and Sucrose

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 100-107

  Al Waili, Noori S ^a  

^a Medical Research Laboratories   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

C peptide; C reactive protein; Cholesterol; Dextrose; Diabetes mellitus; Homocysteine; Honey; Hyperlipidemia; Hypertriglyceridemia; Insulin; Plasma glucose; Sucrose; Triglyceride

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HOMOCYSTEINE; INSULIN; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; SUCROSE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEE EXTRACT; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; INSULIN RELEASE; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENTS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HONEY; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUCROSE;

APOIDEA;

EID: 1842528325     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/109662004322984789     Document Type: Article

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