l-Carnitine increases liver α-tocopherol and lowers liver and plasma triglycerides in aging ovariectomized rats

Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 623-628

  Clark, Richard M ^a   Balakrishnan, Anju ^a   Waters, David ^a   Aggarwal, Dimple ^a   Owen, Kevin Q ^b   Koo, Sung I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b Lonza Inc USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Tocopherol; Carnitine; Fatty acids; Menopause; Retinol; Triglyceride

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CARNITINE; FATTY ACID; LIPID; RETINOL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POSTMENOPAUSE; RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT GAIN;

AGING; ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CARNITINE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; LIVER; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; TRIGLYCERIDES;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 34547653778     PISSN: 09552863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2006.11.007     Document Type: Article

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