title: Antioxidant phytochemicals against type 2 diabetes.
abstract: Dietary phytochemicals, of which polyphenols form a considerable part, may affect the risk of obesity-associated chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes. This article presents an overview on how phytochemicals, especially polyphenols in fruits, vegetables, berries, beverages and herbal medicines, may modify imbalanced lipid and glucose homeostasis thereby reducing the risk of the metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Biochemistry, The Jagiellonian University Collegium Medicum, Kopernika 15a, Kraków 31-501, Poland. mbkiec@cyf-kr.edu.pl
authors.forename: Aldona
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dembinska-Kiec
authors.forename: Otto
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Mykkänen
authors.forename: Beata
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kiec-Wilk
authors.forename: Hannu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mykkänen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004032:Diet; D005419:Flavonoids / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D050356:Lipid Metabolism / Q000187:drug effects; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000187:drug effects; D010636:Phenols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D059808:Polyphenols
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D001786:Blood Glucose; D005419:Flavonoids; D010636:Phenols; D059808:Polyphenols