Yam contributes to improvement of glucose metabolism in rats.

Yam contributes to improvement of glucose metabolism in rats.

To investigate whether yam improves glucose metabolism, yam-containing diets were given to Wistar rats. In a short-term experiment, fasted-rats were given 1.0 g of a control and 20% yam-containing diets. At 60 min after start of the feeding, glucose level in the yam diet group was lower or tended to...

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Main Authors: Hashimoto, Naoto, Noda, Takahiro, Kim, Sun Ju, Sarker, Md. Zaidul Islam, Yamauchi, Hiroaki, Takigawa, Shigenobu, Matsuura Endo, Chie, Suzuki, Tatsuro, Han, Kyu Ho, Fukushima, Michihiro
Format: Article
Language:English
English
Published: Springer Netherlands 2009
Subjects:
Yams
Diet
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17668/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17668/1/Yam%20contributes%20to%20improvement%20of%20glucose%20metabolism%20in%20rats.pdf

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