Korean red ginseng improves glucose control in subjects with impaired fasting glucose, impaired glucose tolerance, or newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 128-134

  Bang, Hyangju ^a   Kwak, Jung Hyun ^a   Ahn, Hyeon Yeong ^a   Shin, Dong Yeob ^b   Lee, Jong Ho ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Glycemia; Impaired fasting glucose; Impaired glucose tolerance; Insulin; Korean red ginseng

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C PEPTIDE; GINSENG EXTRACT; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC PATIENT; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TABLET; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FASTING; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMANS; INSULIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT EXTRACTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893052039     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: 15577600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2013.2889     Document Type: Article

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