Yacon syrup: Beneficial effects on obesity and insulin resistance in humans

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 182-187

  Genta, Susana ^a   Cabrera, Wilfredo ^a   Habib, Natalia ^a   Pons, Juan ^b   Carillo, Iván Manrique ^c   Grau, Alfredo ^a   Sánchez, Sara ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^b Hospital Padilla   (Argentina)

^c INTERNATIONAL POTATO CENTER   (Peru)

Author keywords

Insulin resistance; Obesity; Yacon syrup

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; INSULIN; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YACON EXTRACT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; DIARRHEA; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MEDICINAL PLANT; NAUSEA; OBESITY; PLANT ROOT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SATIETY; STOMACH DISTENSION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; YACON;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CALCIUM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPIDS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; SATIETY RESPONSE;

EID: 63549115890     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2009.01.013     Document Type: Article

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