Salacia and Reduced Fasting Blood Glucose Levels

• Salacia reticulata (Kothala himbutu) revisited; a missed opportunity to treat diabetes and obesity?

  • 2015-02-27
  • Review
  • Nutrition journal 14
  • • Arjuna B Medagama

  • PubMed: 25889885
  • DOI: 10.1186/s12937-015-0013-4

  5 Insights on

  • Reduced Fasting Blood Glucose Levels

  • Low evidence

  Animal studies and clinical trials are consistent in demonstrating improvement of glucose concentrations in the fasted and sucrose and maltose loaded states.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes