Daily oral oleoyl-estrone gavage induces a dose-dependent loss of fat in Wistar rats

Obesity Research

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 202-209

  Del Mar Grasa, Maria ^a   Cabot, Cristina ^a   Esteve, Montserrat ^a   Yubero, Pilar ^a   Masanés, Rosa Maria ^a   Blay, Maria Teresa ^a   Vilà, Ruth ^a   López Martí, Jesus ^a   Fernández López, José Antonio ^a   Remesar, Xavier ^a   Alemany, Marià ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Body fat; Energy balance; Fat mobilization; Gavage; Oleoyl estrone

Indexed keywords

HELIANTHUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

ANTIOBESITY AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ESTRONE; ESTRONE OLEATE; OLEIC ACID; OLEOYL-ESTRONE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; LIPID METABOLISM; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTI-OBESITY AGENTS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; ESTRONE; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; LIPID METABOLISM; OLEIC ACIDS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0035286874     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2001.22     Document Type: Article

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