Natural products and their derivatives as inhibitors of glycogen phosphorylase: Potential treatment for type 2 diabetes

Phytochemistry Reviews

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 471-498

  Hayes, Joseph M ^a   Kantsadi, Anastassia L ^b   Leonidas, Demetres D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Flavonoids; Glucose analogues; Indirubins; Pentacyclic triterpenes

Indexed keywords

3' SUBSTITUTED PYRIMIDINE GLUCOPYRANONUCLEOSIDE DERIVATIVE; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; BETA DEXTRO GLUCOPYRANOSYL NUCLEOSIDE DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOID; GLUCOSE DERIVATIVE; GLYCOGEN PHOSPHORYLASE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE INHIBITOR; IMINOSUGAR; INDIRUBIN; NATURAL PRODUCTS AND THEIR SYNTHETIC DERIVATIVES; QUERCETIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; BINDING SITE; CATALYSIS; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENZYME INHIBITION; HUMAN; IC 50; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TEA;

EID: 84902364639     PISSN: 15687767     EISSN: 1572980X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11101-014-9360-6     Document Type: Review

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