Scientific research: broccoli bud extract helps control blood sugar
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Last Update: 2019-09-20
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Source: Internet
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Recently, an international research group published a paper in the journal Science Translational Medicine, saying that the concentrated broccoli bud extract can help type 2 diabetes patients control blood sugar Scientists are expected to develop new alternative therapies to alleviate the growing global problem of diabetes In order to find a more feasible treatment for diabetes, a research team composed of researchers from Johns Hopkins University, Lund University of Sweden, Geneva University of Switzerland and other institutions analyzed the diabetes related genes in the liver tissue, combined with human genetic data, determined the disease characteristics of type 2 diabetes, and then screened the open gene expression data set 3852 compounds were identified One of the most promising chemicals, sulforaphane, is a naturally occurring compound in cruciferous vegetables that inhibits glucose production by cultured hepatocytes In a 12 week randomized placebo-controlled trial, 97 patients with type 2 diabetes were given concentrated broccoli bud extract The results showed that the fasting blood glucose concentration of these patients was significantly lower than that of the control group.
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