Grapefruit juice improves glucose intolerance in streptozotocin-induced diabetes by suppressing hepatic gluconeogenesis

European Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 631-638

  Hayanga, Julia A ^a   Ngubane, Senelisiwe P ^a   Murunga, Alfred N ^a   Owira, Peter M O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Gluconeogenesis; Grapefruit juice; Insulin

Indexed keywords

DISTILLED WATER; GLUCOKINASE; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATASE; GLYCOGEN; GRAPEFRUIT EXTRACT; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYKINASE (GTP); PIG INSULIN; STREPTOZOCIN; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYKINASE (ATP);

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; GLYCOGEN LIVER LEVEL; GRAPEFRUIT JUICE; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER METABOLISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; STREPTOZOTOCIN-INDUCED DIABETES MELLITUS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHEMISTRY; DIET THERAPY; EXPERIMENTAL DIABETES MELLITUS; FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JUICE; GRAPEFRUIT; LIVER; METABOLISM; STATISTICAL MODEL; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY WEIGHT; CITRUS PARADISI; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JUICES; GLUCOKINASE; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATASE; GLYCOGEN; INSULIN; LINEAR MODELS; LIVER; MALE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYKINASE (ATP); RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STREPTOZOCIN;

EID: 84959145656     PISSN: 14366207     EISSN: 14366215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00394-015-0883-4     Document Type: Article

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