Eriocitrin also improved lipid peroxidation (−19 % at 25 mg/kg and −22 % at 100 mg/kg), and markers of insulin resistance, such as resistin (−15 %) and insulin resistance index (−34 % at 25 mg/kg and −39 % at 100 mg/kg). The gene discussed is RETN; the disease is Insulin resistance.