A Pilot Screening of Agro-Food Waste Products as Sources of Nutraceutical Formulations to Improve Simulated Postprandial Glycaemia and Insulinaemia in Healthy Subjects

• Published in: Nutrients Vol. 12; no. 5; p. 1292
• Main Authors: Tenore, Gian Carlo, Caruso, Domenico, D’Avino, Maria, Buonomo, Giuseppe, Caruso, Giuseppe, Ciampaglia, Roberto, Schiano, Elisabetta, Maisto, Maria, Annunziata, Giuseppe, Novellino, Ettore
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI 01.05.2020
• Subjects: abscisic acid; administrative management; Adolescent; Adult; adverse effects; Aged; Antioxidants; beverages; bioactive compounds; blood glucose; Blood Glucose - metabolism; byproducts; carotenoids; diabetes; Diabetes Mellitus - prevention & control; Dietary Supplements; Double-Blind Method; drugs; Female; Food; glucose; glycemic control; Glycemic Control - methods; Healthy Volunteers; homeostasis; Humans; hyperinsulinemia; insulin; Insulin - blood; lead; leaves; Male; Middle Aged; mixing; nectarines; nutrients; Nutritional Physiological Phenomena - physiology; oleuropein; olives; people; Pilot Projects; polyphenols; Polyphenols - administration & dosage; Polyphenols - isolation & purification; Polyphenols - pharmacology; Postprandial Period; Prediabetic State - prevention & control; Refuse Disposal; screening; tomatoes; Waste Products - analysis; wastes; Young Adult; glucose homeostasis; abscisic acid; oleuropein; carotenoids; OGTT; nutraceutical

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