Suppression of increased blood glucose levels in mice by Awa-ban tea following oral administration of mono- and disaccharides

Journal of Functional Foods

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 188-192

  Hiasa, Miki ^a   Kurokawa, Megumi ^a   Akita, Hiroshi ^a   Harada, Masatomo ^a   Niki, Kengo ^a   Ohta, Kana ^a   Shoji, Masaki ^a   Echigo, Noriko ^a   Kuzuhara, Takashi ^a  

^a TOKUSHIMA BUNRI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Awa ban tea; Blood glucose level; Diabetes; Disaccharides; Monosaccharides

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899979419     PISSN: 17564646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jff.2014.03.012     Document Type: Article

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