glucoregulatory

English

Etymology

gluco- +‎ regulatory

Adjective

glucoregulatory (not comparable)

1. Relating to glucoregulation.
   • 1989, Margo P. Cohen, The Brain as an Endocrine Organ, page 59:

     Some of the known glucoregulatory effects of narcotic drugs and endogenous opioid peptides may participate in the proposed role of the opioid system in the adaptation to starvation.

   • 2015 August 28, “Novel Small Molecule Agonist of TGR5 Possesses Anti-Diabetic Effects but Causes Gallbladder Filling in Mice”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Overall, these data suggest that the glucoregulatory benefits for TGR5 agonists in rodents for the treatment of diabetes and metabolic syndrome likely cannot be separated from concurrent pharmacology in the gallbladder.