Differing Effects of Water
Differing Effects of Water Differing effects of water-soluble and fat-soluble extracts from Japanese radish (Raphanus sativus) sprouts on carbohydrate and lipid metabolism in normal and streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. J Nutr Sci Vitaminol (Tokyo). 2007 Jun;53(3):261-6. Taniguchi H, Muroi R, Kobayashi-Hattori K, Uda Y, Oishi Y, Takita T. Department of Nutrition, Food Science and Culinary Arts, Toita Women's College, 2-21 17 Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0014, Japan. We have shown previously that Japanese radish (Raphanus sativus) sprouts (JRS) improve blood glucose levels in diabetic rats. In this study, we investigated the components in JRS that caused this hypoglycemic effect, by examining the effects of water-soluble (WSE) and fat-soluble (FSE) extracts of JRS on diabetes markers in normal (NM) and streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic (DM) rats. The NM and DM rats were divided into a control group and 2 test groups (WSE (2.2%) or FSE (0.2%)), with the rats (n = 6/group) then being maintained for 3 wk on either a control diet or one of the test diets; this was followed by the