The usefulness of dietary medium-chain triglycerides in body weight control: Fact or fancy?

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 708-726

  Bach, André C ^a,c   Ingenbleek, Yves ^b   Frey, Anny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

absorption; dietary fats; digestion; long chain triglycerides; obesity prevention treatment; oxidation; storage; transport

Indexed keywords

LONG CHAIN TRIACYLGLYCEROL; MEDIUM CHAIN FATTY ACID; MEDIUM CHAIN TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

BIOAVAILABILITY; BODY FAT; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY BALANCE; FAT INTAKE; HUMAN; LIPID METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DIETARY FATS; ENERGY INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FATTY ACIDS; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPIDS; LIVER; OBESITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRIGLYCERIDES; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0029875339     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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