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Vernonia amygdalina simultaneously suppresses gluconeogenesis and potentiates glucose oxidation via the pentose phosphate pathway in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats

Atangwho IJ 1 , Yin KB , Umar MI , Ahmad M , Asmawi MZ

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  • 1 School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Minden 11800, Penang, Malaysia. dratangwho@gmail.com
BMC Complement Altern Med, 2014;14:426.
PMID: 25358757 DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-14-426

Abstract

This study evaluated the impact of Vernonia amygdalina (VA) on the transcription of key enzymes involved in cellular modulation of glucose in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats in a bid to understand the possible anti-diabetic mechanism of VA.

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