Year: 2018
Type: article
Abstract: <Objectives> Siraita grosvenori (SG) is a traditional Chinese fruit used as a folk medicine for sore throats, coughs, and minor stomach and intestinal troubles. Its extract (SG-ex) contains potent sweet elements with a sweetness several hundred times higher than table sugar. Recently, SG-ex or its constituents have been shown to have various physiological functions. SG-ex has been found to reduce hyperglycemia after a single oral administration of maltose in the rats. In vitro, SG-ex, as well as its constituent mogroside V have been found to inhibit α-glucosidase. Thus the anti-hyperglycemic activity of the SG-ex has been reported in some animal models, however, little is known regarding the therapeutic activity of the SG-ex in human. The present study was preformed to examine the effect of SG-ex supplementation in the diet on preventing postprandial hyperglycemia in human.
Language: English
Subfield: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W3084409104