title: [Effect of L-arabinose on the postprandial blood glucose and body weight].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the effect of L-arabinose on the blood glucose level of adult, and to find out the optimal amount of daily L-arabinose intake for maintaining their health.
  
  
  METHODS
  50 adult were randomly selected and assigned to 5 group with different dose of L-arabinose or placebo, respectively. The preprandial blood glucose level and 1 h and 2h postprandial blood glucose were detected per 3 days. To investigate the variation of weight, 20 fat person was performed with daily L-arabinose or placebo intake for given daily for six months. Results After 30 days feeding, the decrease of postprandial blood glucose level was observed in group with 3% L-arabinose sample, and the groups with 5% - 10% have a significantly decreasing in the postprandial blood glucose level compared with control group result in (5.60 +/- 0.08) and (5.24 +/- 0.12), respectively (P < 0.05). The average body weight have a significantly reduce and after six months averagely reduced 5.5 kg, and the control group have no obviously variation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The daily consumption of L-arabinose would inhibit the postprandial blood glucose level and slimming down body which have a benefit for heath.
authors: College of Food and Biologic Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China. xingrongliu@sina.com
authors: Xingrong
authors: X
authors: Liu
authors: Daochen
authors: D
authors: Zhu
authors: Lu
authors: L
authors: Sun
authors: Yongxu
authors: Y
authors: Gao
authors: Chengfu
authors: C
authors: Wang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001089:Arabinose / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis*; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007333:Insulin Resistance; D008297:Male; D019518:Postprandial Period; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D001089:Arabinose