Improved metabolic control by Ipomoea batatas (Caiapo) is associated with increased adiponectin and decreased fibrinogen levels in type 2 diabetic subjects

Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 586-592

  Ludvik, Bernhard ^a   Hanefeld, M ^b   Pacini, M ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; INSULIN SENSITIZING AGENT; LIPID; PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT; SWEET POTATO EXTRACT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETIC PATIENT; DIARRHEA; DIET THERAPY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC REGULATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SWEET POTATO;

EID: 45449094003     PISSN: 14628902     EISSN: 14631326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1326.2007.00752.x     Document Type: Article

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