Interactions between leptin, neuropeptide-Y and insulin with chronic diurnal fasting during Ramadan

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 345-349

  Kassab, Salah Eldin ^a   Abdul Ghaffar, Tarik ^a   Nagalla, Das S ^b   Sachdeva, Usha ^a   Nayar, Usha ^a  

^a ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

^b Clinical Biochemistry Section   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

Insulin; Leptin; Neuropeptide Y; Ramadan fasting

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; NEUROPEPTIDE Y;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; CALORIC INTAKE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET RESTRICTION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RELIGION; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 5744242837     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2004.345     Document Type: Article

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