A comparative study on hypoglycemic and hypocholesterolemic effects of high and low molecular weight chitosan in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1525-1534

  Yao, Hsien Tsung ^a   Huang, Shan Ye ^a   Chiang, Meng Tsan ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chitosan; Cholesterol; Diabetic rats; Disaccharidase; Molecular weight

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; CELLULOSE; CHITOSAN; HEXOKINASE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; SUCRASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CECUM; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE MODEL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES;

ANIMALS; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY WEIGHT; CECUM; CHITOSAN; CHOLESTEROL; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DIET; DISACCHARIDASES; DRINKING; EATING; FATTY ACIDS; FECES; FRUCTOSAMINE; HEXOKINASE; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; LIPIDS; LIVER; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 40849126567     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2007.12.012     Document Type: Article

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