09/28/2018 / By Ellaine Castillo
A study conducted by a group of researchers from the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College and China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences showed that the golden tickseed (Coreopsis tinctoria) has the ability to improve insulin resistance. This study, which was published in Chinese Herbal Medicines, looked into the effect of the ethyl acetate extract of C. tinctoria on the insulin resistance of rats fed with a high-fat diet.
The results of the study show that ethyl acetate extracts of C. tinctoria can improve insulin resistance by ameliorating glucose metabolism disorders. This happens by increasing glucose uptake and glycogen synthesis and reducing phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK) and glucose 6-phosphatase (G6Pase) protein levels.
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Journal Reference:
Jiang B-P, Lv Q-Y, Xiang J-M, Le L, Hu K-P, Xu L-J, Xiao P-G. INHIBITION OF METABOLIC DISORDERS IN VIVO AND IN VITRO BY MAIN CONSTITUENT OF COREOPSIS TINCTORIA. Chinese Herbal Medicines. 2018;10(2):157–168. DOI:10.1016/j.chmed.2018.03.004
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