Role of dietary L-arginine supplementation on serum parameters and intestinal enzyme activities in rats fed an excess-fat diet

Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 10-13

  Taboada, M C ^a   Rodriguez, B ^a   Millan R ^a   Miguez I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fat diet; Intestinal enzymes; L Arginine; Serum parameters

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CHOLESTEROL; DISACCHARIDASE; GLUCOSE; INTESTINE ENZYME; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; NITRIC OXIDE; PROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FAT INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; INTESTINE MUCOSA; LIPID DIET; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ARGININE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY WEIGHT; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DISACCHARIDASES; EATING; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LEUCYL AMINOPEPTIDASE; MALE; PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 29244436830     PISSN: 07533322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2005.07.014     Document Type: Article

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