Red Wine Compound Could Play Part in Diabetes
Resveratrol could lower blood sugar levels in people with diabetes, a new study has found.
Friday, January 11, 2008
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A formulation of resveratrol, a substance found in red wine, helped lower blood sugar levels in people with diabetes, according to early stage clinical trial results released Monday by Sirtis Pharmaceuticals Inc. of Cambridge, Mass.
The company, which is working on commercializing resveratrol and related drugs to treat a number of health problems, released the results at an investor conference in San Francisco, the Wall Street Journal reported.
The study included 67 diabetics who received daily doses of resveratrol and 31 diabetics who received a placebo. After 28 days, patients taking resveratrol showed improved scores on an oral glucose-tolerance test, which measures the body's ability to break down and use sugar. Patients taking the placebo showed no improvement.
The study also found that resveratrol appeared to lower baseline levels of glucose in the blood, but the results weren't clinically significant, the Wall Street Journal reported.
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