TY - JOUR AU - Zhang, Qian AU - Xiao, Xinhua AU - Li, Ming AU - Li, Wenhui AU - Yu, Miao AU - Zhang, Huabing AU - Ping, Fan AU - Wang, Zhixin AU - Zheng, Jia PY - 2014 DA - 2014/06/09 TI - Berberine moderates glucose metabolism through the GnRH-GLP-1 and MAPK pathways in the intestine JO - BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine SP - 188 VL - 14 IS - 1 AB - Berberine is known to improve glucose and lipid metabolism disorders, but it poorly absorbed into the blood stream from the gut. Therefore, the exact underlying mechanism for berberine is still unknown. In this study, we investigated the effect of berberine on glucose metabolism in diabetic rats and tested the hypothesis that berberine acts directly in the terminal ileums. SN - 1472-6882 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6882-14-188 DO - 10.1186/1472-6882-14-188 ID - Zhang2014 ER -