Fucoidan from sea cucumber protects against high-fat high-sucrose diet-induced hyperglycaemia and insulin resistance in mice

The amelioration in hyperglycaemia and insulin resistance of fucoidan from sea cucumber can be speculated due to these effects of fucoidan from marine phaeophyta. We examined the effect of fucoidan from Acaudina molpadioides (Am-FUC) on anti-hyperglycaemia and improvement in insulin resistance in hi...

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Main Authors: Shiwei Hu, Guanghua Xia, Jingfeng Wang, Yuming Wang, Zhaojie Li, Changhu Xue
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-09-01
Series:Journal of Functional Foods
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1756464614001832