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For example, recently it was reported that a rhubarb extract, Rhein, increasing the intestinal population of Bacteroidetes, mediates an increase in ileal GLP-1 producing cells, peripheral GLP-1(7-36) NH2 levels and improved glucose tolerance in diabetic db/db mice (395)
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