Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases
Volume 18, Issue 1 , Pages 46-56 , January 2008

Korean red ginseng (Panax ginseng) improves glucose and insulin regulation in well-controlled, type 2 diabetes: Results of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of efficacy and safety

  • Vladimir Vuksan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
    • Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
    • Risk Factor Modification Centre, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Risk Factor Modification Centre, St. Michael's Hospital, #6 138-61 Queen Street East, Toronto, ON M5C 2T2, Canada. Tel.:+1 416 864 5525; fax: +1 416 864 5538.
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  • Mi-Kyung Sung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Food and Nutrition, Sookmyung Women's University, Seoul, South Korea
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  • John L. Sievenpiper

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
    • Risk Factor Modification Centre, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canada
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  • P. Mark Stavro

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
    • Risk Factor Modification Centre, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canada
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  • Alexandra L. Jenkins

      Affiliations

    • Risk Factor Modification Centre, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canada
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  • Marco Di Buono

      Affiliations

    • Risk Factor Modification Centre, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canada
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  • Kwang-Seung Lee

      Affiliations

    • Korea Ginseng Manufacturing Plant, National Agricultural Cooperative Federation, Chung-buk, South Korea
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  • Lawrence A. Leiter

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
    • Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
    • Risk Factor Modification Centre, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canada
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  • Ki Yeul Nam

      Affiliations

    • Korean Ginseng and Tobacco Research Institute, Daejeon, South Korea
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  • John T. Arnason

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
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  • Melody Choi

      Affiliations

    • Risk Factor Modification Centre, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canada
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  • Asima Naeem

      Affiliations

    • Risk Factor Modification Centre, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canada

Received 10 January 2006 ,Revised 18 April 2006 ,Accepted 19 April 2006.

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PII: S0939-4753(06)00109-8

doi: 10.1016/j.numecd.2006.04.003

Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases
Volume 18, Issue 1 , Pages 46-56 , January 2008

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