Cocoa, Glucose Tolerance, and Insulin Signaling: Cardiometabolic Protection

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 63, Issue 45, 2015, Pages 9919-9926

  Grassi, Davide ^a   Desideri, Giovambattista ^a   Mai, Francesca ^a   Martella, Letizia ^a   De Feo, Martina ^a   Soddu, Daniele ^a   Fellini, Emanuela ^a   Veneri, Mariangela ^a   Stamerra, Cosimo A ^a   Ferri, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

cardiometabolic protection; cocoa; diabetes; endothelial dysfunction; glucose tolerance; insulin resistance

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; COCOA; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; GLUCOSE; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; NITRIC OXIDE;

BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARDIO-VASCULAR RISK FACTORS; CARDIOMETABOLIC PROTECTION; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INDEPENDENT PREDICTORS; INSULIN RESISTANCE;

INSULIN;

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ANIMAL; CACAO; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CACAO; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; INSULIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84947756097     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.5b00913     Document Type: Review

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