Experiment 1199883
Worktypes
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Cyamopsis tetragonolobus (FABACEAE) |
| Citation | EBELING,P: YKI-JARVINEN,H: ARO,A: HELVE,E: SINISALO,M: KOIVISTO,VA:. (1988). GLUCOSE AND LIPID METABOLISM AND INSULIN SENSITIVITY IN TYPE 1 DIABETES: THE EFFECT OF GUAR GUM 1-3.. 48(1) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | 9 TYPE 1 DIABETICS TREATED WITH CONTINUOUS SUBCUTANEOUS INSULIN WERE GIVEN GUAR GUM OR PLACEBO IN THE DIET FOR 4 WEEKS IN A DOUBLE-BLIND RANDOMIZED CROSSOVER STUDY. POST-PRANDIAL BLOOD GLUCOSE(BREAKFAST + LUNCH) AND DAILY INSULIN REQUIREMENTS WERE LOWER ON GUAL THAN ON PLACEBO REGIMEN. AFTER GUAR SUPPLEMENTATION, BLOOD GLUCOSE RESPONSE TO A TEST MEAL WAS SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN ON PLACEBO. INSULIN SENSITIVITY WAS UNCHANGED. EFFECTS WERE ATTRIBUTED TO SLOWER CARBOHYDRATE ABSORPTION OBSERVED UNDER GUAL SUPPLEMENTATION. GUAR DOSE - 5 GM 4 TIMES PER DAY. |
| Dose amount | 5.0 GM |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | GUM |