A randomised crossover placebo-controlled trial investigating the effect of brown seaweed (Ascophyllum nodosum and fucus vesiculosus) on postchallenge plasma glucose and insulin levels in men and women

Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 913-919

  Paradis, Marie Eve ^a   Couture, Patrick ^a   Lamarche, Benoît ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

A amylase inhibitor; A glucosidase inhibitor; Ascophyllum nodosum; Blood glucose response; Fucus vesiculosus; Oral glucose tolerance test; Postprandial glycemia; Postprandial insulinemia

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; AMYLASE; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ENZYME INHIBITOR; PLANT EXTRACT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCOPHYLLUM; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; FEMALE; FUCUS; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERINSULINISM; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEAWEED;

ADULT; ALPHA-AMYLASES; ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASES; ASCOPHYLLUM; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; FUCUS; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERINSULINISM; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; POSTPRANDIAL PERIOD; SEAWEED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82455167277     PISSN: 17155312     EISSN: 17155320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/H11-115     Document Type: Article

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