Anti-hyperglycemic effect of the polysaccharide fraction isolated from mactra veneriformis

Frontiers of Chemical Engineering in China

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 238-244

  Wang, Lingchong ^a,b   Wu, Hao ^a,b   Chang, Nian ^a   Zhang, Kun ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b Research Center of Marine Drug in Jiangsu Province   (China)

Author keywords

Anti hyperglycemia; Mactra veneriformis; Monosaccharide composition; Oral glucose tolerance test; Polysaccharide

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960555884     PISSN: 16737369     EISSN: 16737474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11705-010-0002-2     Document Type: Article

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