Planta Med 1984; 50(6): 465-468
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-969774
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Effects of Non-Sugar Fraction in Black Sugar on Lipid and Carbohydrate Metabolism; Part I

Yoshiyuki Kimura1 , Hiromichi Okuda1 , Shigeru Arichi2
  • 12nd Department of Medical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Ehime University, Shigenobu-cho, Onsen-gui, Ehime, 791-02, Japan
  • 2The Research Institute of Oriental Medicine, Kinki University, Sayama-cho, Minamikawachi-gun, Osaka, 589, Japan
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1984

1984

Publication Date:
26 February 2007 (online)

Abstract

The non-sugar fraction of crude black sugar prepared from sugar-cane was found to inhibit the elevation of serum triglyceride, lipid peroxides, and insulin of rats fed on a high sugar diet for 61 days. The non-sugar fraction was also found, by oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), to reduce the plasma insulin in rats. Furthermore, it was found that the non-sugar fraction inhibited the absorption of glucose and fructose from the small intestine of rats.