Astaxanthin prevents loss of insulin signaling and improves glucose metabolism in liver of insulin resistant mice

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1544-1552

  Bhuvaneswari, Saravanan ^a   Anuradha, Carani Venkatraman ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Astaxanthin; Glucose metabolism; Hepatic insulin resistance; Insulin signaling; Unbalanced diet

Indexed keywords

ASTAXANTHIN; FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATASE; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATASE; GLYCOGEN; GLYCOGEN PHOSPHORYLASE; HEXOKINASE; INSULIN; INSULIN RECEPTOR SUBSTRATE 1; INSULIN RECEPTOR SUBSTRATE 2; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE B; PYRUVATE KINASE; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPID DIET; LIVER; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN RECEPTOR SUBSTRATE PROTEINS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIVER; LIVER GLYCOGEN; MALE; MICE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SERINE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TYROSINE; XANTHOPHYLLS;

EID: 84870178889     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: 12057541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/y2012-119     Document Type: Article

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