Phytomedicine
Volume 16, Issue 5 , Pages 416-425 , May 2009

Hypoglycemic effect of polysaccharide enriched extract of Astragalus membranaceus in diet induced insulin resistant C57BL/6J mice and its potential mechanism

  • Xian-qing Mao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathophysiology, Medical College of Wuhan University, Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Allergy and Immune-Related Diseases, 115# Donghu Road, Wuhan 430071, China
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
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  • Feng Yu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathophysiology, Medical College of Wuhan University, Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Allergy and Immune-Related Diseases, 115# Donghu Road, Wuhan 430071, China
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
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  • Nian Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathophysiology, Medical College of Wuhan University, Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Allergy and Immune-Related Diseases, 115# Donghu Road, Wuhan 430071, China
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
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  • Yong Wu

      Affiliations

    • Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104, USA
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  • Feng Zou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathophysiology, Medical College of Wuhan University, Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Allergy and Immune-Related Diseases, 115# Donghu Road, Wuhan 430071, China
    • ,
  • Ke Wu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathophysiology, Medical College of Wuhan University, Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Allergy and Immune-Related Diseases, 115# Donghu Road, Wuhan 430071, China
    • ,
  • Min Liu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathophysiology, Medical College of Wuhan University, Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Allergy and Immune-Related Diseases, 115# Donghu Road, Wuhan 430071, China
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  • Jing-ping Ouyang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathophysiology, Medical College of Wuhan University, Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Allergy and Immune-Related Diseases, 115# Donghu Road, Wuhan 430071, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.:+862768759846; fax:+862787331077.

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doi: 10.1016/j.phymed.2008.12.011

Phytomedicine
Volume 16, Issue 5 , Pages 416-425 , May 2009

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