Brown adipose tissue triacylglycerol synthesis in rats adapted to a high-protein, carbohydrate-free diet

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 276, Issue 4 45-4, 1999, Pages

  Brito, M N ^a,b   Brito, N A ^a,b   Brito, S R C ^a   Moura, M A F ^a   Kawashita, N H ^a   Kettelhut, I C ^a   Migliorini, R H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Glyceroneogenesis; Lipogenic enzymes; Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A CARBOXYLASE; ALANINE; CITRIC ACID; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLYCEROL; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE (DECARBOXYLATING); PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE; PYRUVIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LIPOGENESIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DIET; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0032929228     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1999.276.4.r1003     Document Type: Article

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