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“These results suggest that BBR acutely stimulates both AMPKα1 and AMPKα2 and insulin-independent glucose transport in skeletal muscle with a reduction of the intracellular energy status.”
Metabolism: clinical and experimental • 2010 | View Paper
“Together, we concluded that berberine increases glucose transport activity of 3T3-L1 adipocytes by enhancing GLUT1 expression and also stimulates the GLUT1-mediated glucose uptake by activating GLUT1, a result of AMPK stimulation.”
Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin • 2007 | View Paper
“These results suggest that berberine circumvents insulin signaling pathways and stimulates glucose uptake through the AMP-AMPK-p38 MAPK pathway, which may account for the antihyperglycemic effects of this drug.”