Spice plant Allium cepa: Dietary supplement for treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus

Nutrition

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1128-1137

  Akash, Muhammad Sajid Hamid ^a,b   Rehman, Kanwal ^a,c   Chen, Shuqing ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GOVERNMENT COLLEGE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antidiabetic effects of onion; Diabetes mellitus; Flavonoids; Hyperglycemia; Sulfur compounds

Indexed keywords

GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATASE; HEXOKINASE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; INSULIN; ONION EXTRACT; QUERCETIN; S METHYLCYSTEINE; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN RELEASE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; ONION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; METABOLISM; PHYTOTHERAPY; SPICE;

ALLIUM CEPA; LILIACEAE;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; ONIONS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; SPICES;

EID: 84900474865     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: 18731244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2014.02.011     Document Type: Article

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