Procyanidins Improve some Disrupted Glucose Homoeostatic Situations: An Analysis of Doses and Treatments According to Different Animal Models

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 569-584

  Pinent, Montserrat ^a   Cedó, Lidia ^a   Montagut, Gemma ^a   Blay, Mayte ^a   Ardévol, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

diabetes; glucose; human studies; insulin resistance; procyanidin; rat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; HIGH-FAT DIET; HUMAN STUDY; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTERNAL TARGETS; PROCYANIDINS;

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; PHYSIOLOGY; RATS; TISSUE;

ANIMALS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; GLUCOSE; PLANT EXTRACT; PROANTHOCYANIDIN;

ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE MODEL; DISORDERS OF CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; METABOLISM; PHYTOTHERAPY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM DISORDERS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROANTHOCYANIDINS;

EID: 84861445589     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: 15497852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2010.501533     Document Type: Review

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