Stearoyl-CoA desaturase and its relation to high-carbohydrate diets and obesity

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids

Volumn 1791, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 85-91

  Flowers, Matthew T ^a   Ntambi, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate; Insulin; Lipogenesis; Obesity; SCD1; Stearoyl CoA desaturase

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE 1; CARBOHYDRATE; FATTY ACID; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPOGENESIS; LOW FAT DIET; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; HUMANS; OBESITY; STEAROYL-COA DESATURASE;

MUS;

EID: 59049098636     PISSN: 13881981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2008.12.011     Document Type: Review

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