Inhibition of starch digestion by the green tea polyphenol, (-)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate

Molecular Nutrition and Food Research

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1647-1654

  Forester, Sarah C ^a   Gu, Yeyi ^a   Lambert, Joshua D ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amylase; Blood glucose; EGCG; Metabolic syndrome; Starch

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMYLASE PANCREAS ISOENZYME; AMYLASE; CATECHIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 2; SLC2A2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; SLC5A1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; SODIUM GLUCOSE COTRANSPORTER 1; STARCH;

ANIMAL; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; SMALL INTESTINE; TEA;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AMYLASES; ANIMALS; AREA UNDER CURVE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CATECHIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER TYPE 2; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; MICE; PANCREATIC ALPHA-AMYLASES; POSTPRANDIAL PERIOD; SODIUM-GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 1; STARCH; TEA;

MUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84867934178     PISSN: 16134125     EISSN: 16134133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.201200206     Document Type: Article

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