Diabetes Therapy
New findings in diabetes therapy described
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, July 18th, 2005
Study 1: Methylglyoxal, a dicargonyl compound which is increased in diabetes, modifies albumin antioxidant capacity; researchers suggest further study.
According to a study from France, "Oxidative stress seems to play a major role in diabetic vascular complication development. Plasma albumin, via its thiol groups, is the main extracellular antioxidant molecule."
P. Faure and associates in Grenoble explained, "Methylglyoxal (MG) is a very reactive dicarbonyl compound increased in diabetes which strongly modifies proteins by non-enzymatic glycosylation. The aim...
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