Beneficial effect of branched-chain amino acid supplementation on glycemic control in chronic hepatitis C patients with insulin resistance: Implications for type 2 diabetes

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1388-1394

  Takeshita, Yumie ^a   Takamura, Toshinari ^a   Kita, Yuki ^a   Ando, Hitoshi ^a   Ueda, Teruyuki ^a   Kato, Kenichiro ^a   Misu, Hirofumi ^a   Sunagozaka, Hajime ^a   Sakai, Yoshio ^a   Yamashita, Tatsuya ^a   Mizukoshi, Eishiro ^a   Honda, Masao ^a   Kaneko, Shuichi ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Branched chain amino acid; Chronic hepatitis C; Insulin resistance; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; FATTY ACID; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; LEUCINE; PHENYLALANINE; PROLINE; THREONINE; VALINE;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEPATITIS C; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT DURATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACIDS; AMINO ACIDS, BRANCHED-CHAIN; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY COMPOSITION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84866729810     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: 15328600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2012.03.011     Document Type: Article

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