Improvement of insulin resistance by chlorella in fructose-rich chow-fed rats

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1306-1312

  Chiu, Yi Jui ^a   Chung, Hsien Hui ^b   Yeh, Ching Hua ^c,d   Cheng, Juei Tang ^b,c,d   Lo, Shih Hsiang ^a  

^a TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG JUNG CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chlorella; fructose rich chow fed rats; insulin resistance; intraperitoneal glucose tolerance test; plasma glucose lowering action

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HUMAN INSULIN; INSULIN; LONG ACTING INSULIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CHLORELLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOSE RESPONSE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HORMONE ACTION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; POWDER; RAT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; WISTAR RAT;

ALGAE; RATTUS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHLORELLA; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 80052295893     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.3379     Document Type: Article

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