“Importantly, it is reported that arctigenin improves glucose and lipid metabolism in ob/ob mice.”
“In this issue of Diabetologia (doi: 10.1007/s00125-011-2366-3), Huang and co-workers report that arctigenin activates muscle uptake of glucose and inhibits hepatocyte gluconeogenesis and lipogenesis by reducing mitochondrial respiration and inducing AMPK activity.”