A compound found in Purple Corn may help in developing future treatments for Type 2 diabetes and kidney disease, scientists have said.
Diabetic nephropathy is one of the most serious complications related to diabetes, often leading to end-stage kidney disease.
Purple corn grown in Peru and Chile is a relative of blue corn, and is rich in anthocyanins (also known as flavonoids), which are reported to have anti-diabetic properties.
Diabetic nephropathy is one of the most serious complications related to diabetes, often leading to end-stage kidney disease.
Purple corn grown in Peru and Chile is a relative of blue corn, and is rich in anthocyanins (also known as flavonoids), which are reported to have anti-diabetic properties.
Scientists from the Department of Food and Nutrition and Department of
Biochemistry at Hallym University in Korea investigated the cellular and
molecular activity of purple corn anthocyanins (PCA) to determine
whether and how it affects the development of diabetic nephropathy (DN).
Their findings suggest that PCA inhibits multiple pathways involved in the development of DN, which may help in developing therapies aimed at type 2 diabetes and kidney disease.
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