Cinnamon extract improves fasting blood glucose and glycosylated hemoglobin level in Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes

Nutrition Research

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 408-412

  Lu, Ting ^a,b   Sheng, Hongguang ^a   Wu, Johnna ^c   Cheng, Yuan ^c   Zhu, Jianming ^a   Chen, Yan ^c  

^a Xuhui District Central Hospital   (China)

^b JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Blood lipids; Cinnamon; Fasting blood glucose; HbA 1c; Human; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTEROL; CINNAMON EXTRACT; GLICLAZIDE; GLUCOSE; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PLACEBO; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHINA; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CINNAMOMUM ZEYLANICUM; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FASTING; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT EXTRACTS;

CINNAMOMUM VERUM;

EID: 84863092148     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: 18790739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nutres.2012.05.003     Document Type: Article

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