Twenty-four-hour energy expenditure and urinary catecholamines of humans consuming low-to-moderate amounts of medium-chain triglycerides : A dose-response study in a human respiratory chamber

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 152-158

  Dulloo, A G ^a   Fathi, M ^a   Mensi, N ^a   Girardier, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Catecholamines; Dietary fats; Nutritional rehabilitation; Obesity; Sympathetic nervous system; Thermogenesis

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CATECHOLAMINE; DOPAMINE; NORADRENALIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CATECHOLAMINE URINE LEVEL; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FAT INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NITROGEN URINE LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; RESPIRATORY QUOTIENT; SWITZERLAND;

ADULT; CALORIMETRY, INDIRECT; CATECHOLAMINES; DIETARY FATS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; HUMANS; MALE; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 0029986668     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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