Marginal copper and high fat diet produce alterations in electrocardiograms and cardiac ultrastructure in male rats

Nutrition

Volumn 15, Issue 11-12, 1999, Pages 890-898

  Mao, Shumin ^a   Medeiros, Denis M ^a   Hamlin, Robert L ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac ultrastructure; Electrocardiograms; High fat; Marginal copper; Mitochondria

Indexed keywords

COCONUT OIL; COPPER; CORN OIL; FATTY ACID; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEART MITOCHONDRION; LIPID DIET; LIVER METABOLISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CHOLESTEROL; COPPER; DIET; DIETARY FATS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; LIVER; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA, HEART; MYOCARDIUM; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 0032705641     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-9007(99)00156-2     Document Type: Article

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