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SUBMITTER: Liu Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6215570 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Liu Yinkang Y Liang Xiali X Zhang Gensheng G Kong Lingjie L Peng Wenjun W Zhang Hongcheng H
Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM 20181021
Insulin resistance has a critical role in type 2 diabetes. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of pinobanksin, galangin, chrysin, and pinocembrin from propolis on insulin resistance. Our study shows that galangin and pinocembrin can ameliorate insulin resistance; on the contrary, pinobanksin and chrysin are ineffective. Galangin and pinocembrin treatments substantially increase glucose consumption and glycogen content by enhancing the activities of hexokinase and pyruvate kinase. ...[more]