Experiment 915676
Worktypes
Compounds isolated
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Empty organism |
| Citation | NIEMI,MK: KEINANEN-KIUKAANNIEMI,SM: SALMELA,PI:. (1988). LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF GUAR GUM AND MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE ON GLYCAEMIC CONTROL AND SERUM LIPIDS IN TYPE 2 DIABETES.. 34(4) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | THE EFFECTS OF GUAR GUM(GG) ON METABOLIC CONTROL AND SERUM LIPIDS WERE COMPARED IN A DOUBLE-BLIND, CROSS OVER TRIAL IN 18 POORLY CONTROLLED TYPE 2 DIABETIC PATIENTS. THERE WERE TWO 12 WEEK TREATMENT PERIODS SEPARATED BY A 4 WEEK WASH-OUT PERIOD. A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN FASTING BLOOD SUGAR WAS FOUND AFTER 6 WEEKS TREATMENT WITH GG, BUT THE INITIAL LEVEL WAS REGAINED AFTER FURTHER 6 WEEKS. THE RESULTS SUGGEST THAT DURING 12 WEEKS SUPPLEMENTATION WITH GUAR GUM, THE IMPROVEMENT IN GLYCEMIC CONTROL WAS NOT SUSTAINED, BUT THAT IT MIGHT REDUCE THE RISK OF MACROVASCULAR DISEASE IN DIABETIC PATIENTS. |
| Dose amount | 5.0 GM |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | EQUIVOCAL |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | DAY |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Gender | GIVEN TO BOTH SEXES |