Constituents of the stem of Cucurbita moschata exhibit antidiabetic activities through multiple mechanisms

Journal of Functional Foods

Volumn 10, Issue , 2014, Pages 260-273

  Chang, Chi I ^a   Hsu, Chih Ming ^a   Li, Ting Syuan ^a   Huang, Shen Da ^a   Lin, Chen Chen ^a   Yen, Chia Hung ^a   Chou, Chang Hung ^b   Cheng, Hsueh Ling ^a  

^a NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

AMP activated protein kinase; Cucurbita moschata; Ferulic acid; Insulin resistance; Insulin sensitizer; Insulin substitute

Indexed keywords

CUCURBITA MOSCHATA; MUS;

EID: 84919971324     PISSN: 17564646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jff.2014.06.017     Document Type: Article

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