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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| Language: | English English |
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Springer Netherlands
2009
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| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17668/1/Yam%20contributes%20to%20improvement%20of%20glucose%20metabolism%20in%20rats.pdf |