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ReviewJournal of physiology and biochemistry2021

The role of anthocyanins as antidiabetic agents: from molecular mechanisms to in vivo and human studies.

Francisco Les, Guillermo Cásedas, Carlota Gómez, Cristina Moliner, Marta Sofía Valero, Víctor López

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Review in Journal of physiology and biochemistry, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers.

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46 citing papers in PubMed, 86 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Francisco LesDepartment of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad San Jorge, Villanueva de Gállego, Zaragoza, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7972-7119
Guillermo CásedasDepartment of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad San Jorge, Villanueva de Gállego, Zaragoza, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9810-5497
Carlota GómezDepartment of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad San Jorge, Villanueva de Gállego, Zaragoza, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3982-2282
Cristina MolinerDepartment of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad San Jorge, Villanueva de Gállego, Zaragoza, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7523-0415
Marta Sofía ValeroInstituto Agroalimentario de Aragón-IA2 (CITA-Universidad de Zaragoza), 50013, Zaragoza, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2231-7565
Víctor LópezDepartment of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad San Jorge, Villanueva de Gállego, Zaragoza, Spain. ilopez@usj.es.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6969-1055
Universidad San Jorge · ESUniversidad de Zaragoza · ES

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus is a chronic metabolic disease characterized by high blood glucose concentration. Nowadays, type 2 diabetes or insulin resistant diabetes is the most common diabetes, mainly due to unhealthy lifestyle. Healthy habits like appropriate nutritional approaches or the consumption of certain natural products or food supplements have been suggested as non-pharmacological strategies for the treatment and prevention of type 2 diabetes. Some of the main bioactive compounds from plant foods are polyphenols, important mainly for their antioxidant capacity in oxidative stress conditions and ageing. Anthocyanins are polyphenols of the flavonoid group, which act as pigments in plants, especially in fruits such as berries. A search of in vitro, in vivo and human studies in relation with antidiabetic properties of anthocyanins has been performed in different electronic databases. Results of this review demonstrate that these compounds have the ability to inhibit different enzymes as well as to influence gene expression and metabolic pathways of glucose, such as AMPK, being able to modulate diabetes and other associated disorders, as hyperlipidaemia, overweight, obesity and cardiovascular diseases. Additionally, human interventional studies have shown that high doses of anthocyanins have potential in the prevention or treatment of type 2 diabetes; nevertheless, anthocyanins used in these studies should be standardized and quantified in order to make general conclusions about its use and to claim benefits for the human population.

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AnthocyaninsHypoglycemic AgentsPhytochemicalsAnimalsDiabetes Mellitus, Type 1Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2HumansAnthocyaninsHypoglycemic AgentsPhytochemicalsAnthocyaninsClinical trialsDiabetesDietary polyphenolsFlavonoidsFunctional foods

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