Constituents of the stem of Cucurbita moschata exhibit antidiabetic activities through multiple mechanisms

Pumpkin has been suggested to have an antidiabetic effect, but the bioactives involved and molecular mechanisms mediating its hypoglycaemic activity are not clear. This study characterized some of the hypoglycaemic constituents in the crude extract of the Cucurbita moschata stem and investigated the...

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Main Authors: Chi-I Chang, Chih-Ming Hsu, Ting-Syuan Li, Shen-Da Huang, Chen-Chen Lin, Chia-Hung Yen, Chang-Hung Chou, Hsueh-Ling Cheng
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/S1756464614002163