Therapeutical potential and mechanisms of action of new compounds from bitter melon for insulin resistant states

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/481334

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Type 2 Diabetes is a major disease with major economic and health implications. Current medications are either insufficient or have serious adverse effects. Bitter melon is a vegetable in many countries including Australia and it has been used as a traditional medicine to control blood sugar. This project intends to identify the active ingredients from bitter melon for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. The results will indicate their potential as new agents for this disease.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2008

End Date: 01-01-2008

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $115,155.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Therapies And Therapeutic Technology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

Dyslipidaemia | GLUT4 translocation | Hypoglycaemic effects: efficacy and mechanisms | Insulin Resistance | Insulin resistance | Metabolic Syndrome | Obesity | Traditional medicines | Type 2 diabetes | tyrosine kinase, c-Cbl, PYK2

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