Ascorbic acid oral treatment modifies lipolytic response and behavioural activity but not glucocorticoid metabolism in cafeteria diet-fed rats

Acta Physiologica

Volumn 195, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 449-457

  Garcia Diaz, D F ^a   Campion, J ^a   Milagro, F I ^a   Paternain, L ^a   Solomon, A ^a   Martinez, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Glucocorticoids; High fat diet; Lipolysis; Locomotive activity; Obesity; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CORTICOSTERONE; ISOPRENALINE;

ADIPOCYTE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID METABOLISM; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FOOD INTAKE; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIPOLYSIS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

ADIPOCYTES; ADIPOSITY; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY WEIGHT; CORTICOSTERONE; DIETARY FATS; FECES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; ISOPROTERENOL; LIPOLYSIS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OVERWEIGHT; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 61849181604     PISSN: 17481708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2008.01942.x     Document Type: Article

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