Gynostemma pentaphyllum Tea Improves Insulin Sensitivity in Type 2 Diabetic Patients

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Plasma glucose, insulin levels, and SIGIT mean in two kinds of treatment.


	GP treatment	Placebo treatment	value

FPG before treatment (mmol/L)	8.2 ± 0.9	7.9 ± 0.8	0.385
FPG after treatment (mmol/L)	6.3 ± 0.8	7.7 ± 1.9	0.039
Change in FPG (mmol/L)	−1.9 ± 1.0	−0.2 ± 1.5	<0.001
SSPG (SIGIT mean) (mmol/L)	12.5 ± 3.2	16.2 ± 4.1	<0.001
FPI before treatment (pmol/L)	123.6 ± 59.7	122.2 ± 79.9	0.971
FPI after treatment (pmol/L)	130.6 ± 81.3	120.1 ± 106.3	0.773
Change in FPI (pmol/L)	−0.23 ± 7.8	−0.3 ± 9.8	0.984
SSPI (pmol/L)	223.6 ± 91.0	218.1 ± 104.9	0.696

Results are means ± SD of sixteen patients in each treatment. FPG: fasting plasma glucose, FPI: fasting plasma insulin, SSPG: steady-state plasma glucose, and SSPI: steady-state plasma insulin.

Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism

Gynostemma pentaphyllum Tea Improves Insulin Sensitivity in Type 2 Diabetic Patients

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