Medicine

J. Ehrenkranz, N. Lewis, C. Ronald Kahn, J. Roth

2005DIABETES-METABOLISM RESEARCH AND REVIEWS

DOI: 10.1002/dmrr.532

tlooto Summary

The dihydrochalcone phlorizin is a natural product and dietary constituent found in a number of fruit trees that has been used as a pharmaceutical and tool for physiology research for over 150 years.

Abstract

The dihydrochalcone phlorizin is a natural product and dietary constituent found in a number of fruit trees. It has been used as a pharmaceutical and tool for physiology research for over 150 years. Phlorizin's principal pharmacological action is to produce renal glycosuria and block intestinal glucose absorption through inhibition of the sodium–glucose symporters located in the proximal renal tubule and mucosa of the small intestine.

Citation format

EHRENKRANZ, J., et al. Phlorizin: A review. DIABETES-METABOLISM RESEARCH AND REVIEWS, 2005, 21.