Table 1

Postprandial plasma glucose AUC and serum insulin AUC in healthy subjects after the ingestion of a meal with or without (reference) green tea.

Glucose AUC (mmol·min/l)

Insulin AUC (mU·min/l)

Time

Reference

Green tea

Reference

Green tea

0-15 min

8.9 ± 1.7

7.1 ± 0.9

111.5 ± 15.6

124.3 ± 18.6

0-30 min

42.9 ± 5.4

39.1 ± 3.3

537.5 ± 60.5

542.8 ± 54.8

0-45 min

89.3 ± 9.3

88.4 ± 7.1

1166.8 ± 109.2

1142.8 ± 88.2

0-60 min

124.2 ± 13.3

127.9 ± 12.8

1711.9 ± 131.6

1619.7 ± 103.9

0-90 min

161.9 ± 21.4

179.5 ± 19.7

2469.5 ± 175.2

2163.9 ± 148.2

0-120 min

177.8 ± 24.7

204.3 ± 22.2

2902.2 ± 224.0

2434.5 ± 168.5

All values are means ± SEM, n = 14 for glucose, n = 13 for insulin. No significant differences were found between plasma glucose and serum insulin AUCs following the various meals according to Wilcoxon's signed rank sum test.

Josic et al. Nutrition Journal 2010 9:63   doi:10.1186/1475-2891-9-63