A 12-week randomized clinical trial investigating the potential for sucralose to affect glucose homeostasis

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 88, Issue , 2017, Pages 22-33

  Grotz, V Lee ^a   Pi Sunyer, Xavier ^b   Porte, Daniel ^c,d   Roberts, Ashley ^e   Richard Trout, J ^f,g  

^a McNeil Pediatrics   (United States)

^b Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e Cantox Health Sciences International   (Canada)

^f RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Heartland Food Products Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Glucose homeostasis; Healthy volunteers; OGTT; Sucralose

Indexed keywords

C PEPTIDE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; PLACEBO; SUCRALOSE; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; SUCROSE; SWEETENING AGENT; TRICHLOROSUCROSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARALLEL DESIGN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; SCREENING; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANALYSIS; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECTS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOMEOSTASIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; C-PEPTIDE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FASTING; GLYCATED HEMOGLOBIN A; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; INSULIN; MALE; SUCROSE; SWEETENING AGENTS;

EID: 85019613060     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: 10960295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2017.05.011     Document Type: Article

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