Feeding the nitric oxide synthase inhibitor L-N(ω)nitroarginine elevates serum very low density lipoprotein and hepatic triglyceride synthesis in rats

Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 274-278

  Goto, Tsuyoshi ^a   Ohnomi, Shoko ^a   Khedara, Abdelkrim ^a   Kato, Norihisa ^a   Ogawa, Hiroshi ^b   Yanagita, Teruyoshi ^c  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carnitine palmitoyltransferase; Hypertriglyceridemia; Nitric oxide; Phosphatidate phosphohydrolase; Serum lipoproteins

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTEROL; FATTY ACID; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; PHOSPHATIDATE PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHOLIPID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPID OXIDATION; LIPOGENESIS; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RAT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0032946792     PISSN: 09552863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-2863(99)00008-X     Document Type: Article

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