Can berberine enhance glucose-stimulated insulin secretion in rat islets?

Monday, November 3, 2008 - 11:21 in Health & Medicine

The therapeutical actions of berberine on diabetes have been well studied. Previous researches show that berberine modulates cholesterol through increasing low-density lipoprotein receptor mRNA stability, reduces body adiposity and increases insulin sensitivity partly through activating AMP-activated protein kinase and improves glucose metabolism via induction of glycolysis...

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