Browsing by Author "Wang, Pei"

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Bioactive Components from Ginger, Tea and Apple Prevent Protein Glycation by Trapping Methylglyoxal with Potential in Alleviation of Diabetic Complications

Sang, Shengmin; Zhu, Yingdong; Wang, Pei; Zhao, Yantao; Sampath, Chethan; Ahmedna, Mohamed... more authors ... less authors ( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2016 , Conference)
Diabetes is the fifth-deadliest disease in the United States. Most diabetes patients die from diabetic complications, such as renal failure, heart attack or stroke. However, diabetic complications are still neither preventable ...
Tea flavanols block advanced glycation of lens crystallins induced by dehydroascorbic acid

Zhu, Yingdong; Zhao, Yantao; Wang, Pei; Ahmedna, Mohamed; Ho, Chi-Tang; Sang, Shengmin... more authors ... less authors ( American Chemical Society , 2015 , Article)
Growing evidence has shown that ascorbic acid (ASA) can contribute to protein glycation and the formation of advanced glycation end products (AGEs), especially in the lens. The mechanism by which ascorbic acid can cause ...