The effect of 8 plant extracts and combinations on post-prandial blood glucose and insulin responses in healthy adults: a randomized controlled trial

Table 1 Plasma glucose results, as positive incremental area under the curve over 2 h (+iAUC_2hr, min.mmol/L)

Intervention	N	Mean adjusted for baseline	SEM	Mean % difference from control product (lower, upper adjusted 95% CI)	Adjusted p-value vs control product
AE	33	124.0	14.3	−25.4 (− 48.3,-2.5)	0.021
EE	30	156.9	14.9	−5.6 (− 29.2, 18.1)	0.996
MFE	34	106.7	14.0	−35.8 (−58.2, −13.4)	< 0.001
MLE	33	126.1	14.4	−24.1 (−47.1, −1.2)	0.033
TE	33	166.4	14.3	0.2 (−22.7, 23.0)	1.00
AE + TE	30	132.9	15.1	−20.1 (−44.2, 4.1)	0.163
EE + TE	31	151.3	14.7	−8.9 (−32.4, 14.6)	0.921
WBE	31	186.1	14.7	12.0 (−11.5, 35.5)	0.719
Control product	65	166.2	11.2

AE, EE, MFE, MLE, TE, WBE are extracts of apple, elderberry, mulberry fruit, mulberry leaf, turmeric, and white bean, respectively. N, number of subjects receiving each extract (all subjects received the control product). SEM, standard error of the mean

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