Epimerization of epigallocatechin gallate to gallocatechin gallate and its anti-diabetic activity

Medicinal Chemistry Research

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 3372-3378

  Xie, Lianwu ^a   Guo, Yaping ^a   Cai, Bo ^a   Yang, Jing ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY OF FORESTRY AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Anti diabetic; Catalytic mechanism; Epigallocatechin gallate; Epimerization; Gallocatechin gallate; Insulin; Oral glucose tolerance test

Indexed keywords

EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; FATTY ACID; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; EPIMERIZATION; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PH; RAT; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 84878886128     PISSN: 10542523     EISSN: 15548120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00044-012-0352-z     Document Type: Article

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