L-Arginine enriched biscuits improve endothelial function and glucose metabolism: A pilot study in healthy subjects and a cross-over study in subjects with impaired glucose tolerance and metabolic syndrome

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 255-264

  Monti, Lucilla D ^a   Casiraghi, Maria C ^b   Setola, Emanuela ^a   Galluccio, Elena ^a   Pagani, Maria A ^b   Quaglia, Lucio ^c   Bosi, Emanuele ^a   Piatti, Piermarco ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c Molino Quaglia SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endothelium; Functional Food; Insulin Resistance; Insulin Secretion; l Arginine

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CARBOHYDRATE; CYCLIC GMP; FAT; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; PLACEBO; PROINSULIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN NOXA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BISCUIT; BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY FIBER; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENDOTHELIUM; FAT MASS; FEMALE; FOOD; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INSULIN RELEASE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE;

ARGININE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; CYCLIC GMP; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMANS; INSULIN; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; OBESITY; PILOT PROJECTS; SNACKS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 84872688525     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: 15328600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2012.08.004     Document Type: Article

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