FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2019, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (9): 302-308.doi: 10.7506/spkx1002-6630-20180131-441

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Recent Advances of Procyanidins in Prevention and Control of Type II Diabetes

LIU Dan1, DENG Jianjun2, ZHANG Chao1, ZHANG Jinghua1, YANG Haixia1,*   

  1. 1. College of Public Health, Health Science Center, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710061, China; 2. School of Chemical Engineering, Northwest University, Xi’an 710069, China
  • Online:2019-05-15 Published:2019-05-28

Abstract: Diabetes mellitus, one of the most common chronic metabolic diseases, has become the third major disease after malignant tumor and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Type II diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is the most prevalent form of diabetes. However, the pathogenesis of T2DM is still unclear so far. Procyanidins, a group of natural phytochemicals with a wide range of sources, high safety and good biological activity, can exert antidiabetic effect. The potential mechanism of action of procyanidins in the prevention and control of T2DM is systematically reviewed in this article.

Key words: phytochemicals, procyanidins, type II diabetes, mechanism

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