Polyphenol-rich extract of Syzygium cumini leaf dually improves peripheral insulin sensitivity and pancreatic islet function in monosodium L-glutamate-induced obese rats

Frontiers in Pharmacology

Volumn 7, Issue MAR, 2016, Pages

  Sanches, Jonas R ^a   França, Lucas M ^a   Chagas, Vinicyus T ^a   Gaspar, Renato S ^a   dos Santos, Kayque A ^a   Gonçalves, Luciana M ^b   Sloboda, Deborah M ^c   Holloway, Alison C ^c   Dutra, Richard P ^a   Carneiro, Everardo M ^b   Cappelli, Ana Paula G ^a   Paes, Antonio Marcus de A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MARANHÃO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Complementary and alternative medicine; Hypertriglyceridemia; Insulin resistance; Insulin secretion; Jambolan; Metabolic syndrome; Obesity; Polyphenols

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; FLAVANOID; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMATE SODIUM; MYRICETIN; POLYPHENOL; SYZYGIUM CUMINI EXTRACT; TANNIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADIPOCYTE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HYPERINSULINEMIA; INSULIN RELEASE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LIPOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PANCREAS FUNCTION; PANCREAS ISLET CELL; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

EID: 84973138073     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16639812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2016.00048     Document Type: Article

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