Table 1.

Effect of inositol derivatives on glucose uptake in L6 myotubes

Addition	Glucose uptakea
	(nmol min−1 per 3.5 × 106 cells)
None	1.62 ± 0.04
Insulin (100 nM)	2.25 ± 0.09*
At 1 mM
allo-Inositol	2.22 ± 0.19*
d-chiro-Inositol	2.53 ± 0.09*,**
l-chiro-Inositol	2.82 ± 0.10*,**
epi-Inositol	2.69 ± 0.16*,**
muco-Inositol	2.71 ± 0.19*,**
myo-Inositol	1.80 ± 0.08
scyllo-Inositol	2.35 ± 0.13*
Pinitol	2.30 ± 0.16*
At 0.1 mM
allo-Inositol	1.67 ± 0.07
d-chiro-Inositol	1.98 ± 0.12*
l-chiro-Inositol	2.14 ± 0.02*
epi-Inositol	2.30 ± 0.05*
muco-Inositol	2.31 ± 0.05*
myo-Inositol	1.57 ± 0.04
scyllo-Inositol	1.68 ± 0.04
Pinitol	1.64 ± 0.08

^aEach value represents the means ± SE of results from at least five independent assays

* Significantly different from the control group (None) by Dunnett’s test, p < 0.05

** Significantly different from the insulin addition group by Dunnett’s test, p < 0.05