Yam contributes to improvement of glucose metabolism in rats

• 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
• Published: Springer 2009
• Subjects: QD Chemistry
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/24849/1/fulltext.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/24849/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11130-009-0126-z
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

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 tend...