The complete control of glucose level utilizing the composition of ketogenic diet with the gluconeogenesis inhibitor, the anti-diabetic drug metformin, as a potential anti-cancer therapy

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 171-173

  Oleksyszyn, Józef ^a  

^a WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; METFORMIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CACHEXIA; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER THERAPY; DRUG INHIBITION; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLYCOLYSIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; KETOGENIC DIET; KIDNEY; LIVER; LOW CARBOHYDRATE DIET; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; CACHEXIA; GLUCONEOGENESIS; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; KETOGENIC DIET; METFORMIN; NEOPLASMS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79960631232     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: 15322777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2011.04.001     Document Type: Article

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