Improvement of insulin resistance by miracle fruit (Synsepalum dulcificum) in fructose-rich chow-fed rats

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 987-992

  Chen, Chang Chih ^a   Liu, I Min ^b   Cheng, Juei Tang ^c  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAJEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fructose rich chow; Insulin resistance; Intraperitoneal glucose tolerance test; Miracle fruit; Tolbutamide

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; PLANT EXTRACT; SYNSEPALUM DULCIFICUM EXTRACT; TOLBUTAMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; INTRAVENOUS GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; MALE; MIRACLE FRUIT; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIET; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FRUCTOSE; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYNSEPALUM; TIME FACTORS; TOLBUTAMIDE;

SYNSEPALUM DULCIFICUM;

EID: 33751077302     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1919     Document Type: Article

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