Table 3.
Plasma glucose and insulin after consumption of a drink or muffin with L-arabinose or D-xylose in healthy men
| A. Fruit-based drinks (n 15) |
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| Control |
L-arabinose |
D-xylose |
ANOVA: P* | |||||
| Mean | SE | Mean | SE | Mean | SE | |||
| Glucose | ||||||||
| Cmax (mmol/L) | 7.6a | 0.3 | 6.9b | 0.2 | 7.1b | 0.3 | <0.01 | |
| Time to peak (min) | 28ab | 2 | 34a | 2 | 26b | 2 | 0.02 | |
| iAUC 0–180 min. (mmol × min/L) | 75.8 | 9.2 | 72.8 | 14.7 | 63.3 | 7.8 | 0.62 | |
| Insulin | ||||||||
| Cmax (mU/L) | 30.5a | 4.7 | 19.8b | 2.3 | 23.1ab | 2.8 | <0.01 | |
| Time to peak (min) | 31 | 2 | 37 | 3 | 33 | 2 | 0.17 | |
| iAUC 0–180 min. (mU × min/L) | 890 | 145 | 655 | 117 | 787 | 106 | 0.11 | |
| B. Muffins (n 15) |
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| Control |
L-arabinose |
ANOVA: P* | ||||||
| Mean | SE | Mean | SE | |||||
| Glucose | ||||||||
| Cmax (mmol/L) | 6.4 | 0.2 | 6.3 | 0.2 | 0.49 | |||
| Time to peak (min) | 29 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 0.45 | |||
| iAUC 0–180 min. (mmol × min/L) | 43.9 | 8.6 | 40.9 | 7.8 | 0.62 | |||
| Insulin | ||||||||
| Cmax (mU/L) | 35.1 | 4.8 | 30.8 | 4.9 | 0.06 | |||
| Time to peak (min) | 39 | 4 | 41 | 3 | 0.78 | |||
| iAUC 0–180 min. (mU × min/L) | 1,462a | 213 | 1,249b | 182 | 0.05 | |||
P-value from mixed model ANOVA, all drinks were subsequently compared with Tukey adjustment. Values in a row with different superscripts are significantly different.