Dose-dependent effect of dietary fish-oil (n-3) polyunsaturated fatty acids on in vivo insulin sensitivity in rat

Methods and Findings in Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 275-278

  Somova, L ^a   Moodley, K ^b   Channa, M L ^b   Nadar, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Fish oil (n 3) polyunsaturated fatty acids; Glucose metabolism; Insulin sensitivity

Indexed keywords

FISH OIL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING TIME; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FAT INTAKE; GLUCOSE UTILIZATION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOLIPEMIA; INSULIN RELEASE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY WEIGHT; CONSTRICTION; DIETARY FATS, UNSATURATED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRINKING; EATING; FISH OILS; FOOD-DRUG INTERACTIONS; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; INSULIN; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0032980933     PISSN: 03790355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1358/mf.1999.21.4.538178     Document Type: Article

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