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Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 303902, 12 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/303902
Research Article
Quercetin Preserves β-Cell Mass and Function in Fructose-Induced Hyperinsulinemia through Modulating Pancreatic Akt/FoxO1 Activation
State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
Received 22 December 2012; Revised 26 January 2013; Accepted 26 January 2013
Academic Editor: Ravirajsinh N. Jadeja
Copyright © 2013 Jian-Mei Li et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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