Garden flower compound is the new antidiabetic treatment
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A new anti-diabetic compound derived from a garden flower has been approved by Health Canada for Phase 1 human trials. GlycoNet researcher Stephen Withers anticipates that the compound could be used to develop a treatment with fewer side effects than other options currently available to those with Type 2 diabetes.
"Our approach is to slow down the degradation of the starch component of your food, but not affect the simple sugars," says Withers, lead researcher and professor at the University of British Columbia (UBC).
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