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Novel D-xylose derivatives stimulate muscle glucose uptake by activating AMP-activated protein kinase α
Gruzman, Arie,Shamni, Ofer,Yakir, Moriya Ben,Sandovski, Daphna,Elgart, Anna,Alpert, Evgenia,Cohen, Guy,Hoffman, Amnon,Katzhendler, Yehoshua,Cerasi, Erol,Sasson, Shlomo
, p. 8096 - 8108 (2008)
Type 2 diabetes mellitus has reached epidemic proportions; therefore, the search for novel antihyperglycemic drugs is intense. We have discovered that D-xylose increases the rate of glucose transport in a non-insulin-dependent manner in rat and human myot
