title: Role of chromium in barley in modulating the symptoms of diabetes.
abstract: In adult diabetic rats, a diet containing barley had a modulating effect on the symptoms of diabetes (blood glucose concentration and water consumption) when compared with a starch or sucrose-based diet. It was postulated that the beneficial effect of barley might be explained by its very high content of chromium (5.69 micrograms/g). Supplementation of the sucrose-based diet with an amount of trivalent inorganic chromium calculated to be equivalent to the available chromium in the barley-based diet abolished the differences in response to the diabetic state.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutrition, King's College London, UK.
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Mahdi
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Naismith
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D002857:Chromium / Q000502:physiology*; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000097:blood / Q000178:diet therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates / Q000008:administration & dosage; D001467:Hordeum / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates; D002857:Chromium