Resistant starch-rich wx/ae brown rice prevents insulin resistance and hypertriglyceridaemia in type 2 diabetic NSY mice

A rice cultivar called ‘wx/ae’, double mutant in waxy (wx) and amylose extender (ae) genes, is rich in resistant starch. Type 2 diabetic NSY mice were fed a test diet containing 30% roasted wx/ae brown rice (wx/ae group) or its parental rice cultivar Kinmaze brown rice (WT group) for 16 weeks. The i...

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Main Authors: Kenji Matsumoto, Eri Yasuyoshi, Kurumi Nishi, Yuji Honda, Makoto Nakaya, Shinichi Kitamura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-05-01
Series:Journal of Functional Foods
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1756464616000621