Maternal flaxseed diet during lactation alters milk composition and programs the offspring body composition, lipid profile and sexual function

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 697-703

  Troina, A A ^a   Figueiredo, M S ^a   Moura, E G ^a   Boaventura, G T ^b   Soares, L L ^b   Cardozo, L F M F ^b   Oliveira, E ^a   Lisboa, P C ^a   Passos, M A R F ^a   Passos, M C F ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Flaxseed; Lactation; Leptin; Lipid profile; Programming; Sexual function

Indexed keywords

CASEIN; CHOLESTEROL; ESTRADIOL; LEPTIN; LINSEED OIL; PROGESTERONE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LACTATION; LINSEED; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MILK; NONHUMAN; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PUBERTY; RAT; SEXUAL FUNCTION; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UTERUS WEIGHT;

ADIPOSITY; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FLAX; LACTATION; LIPIDS; MILK; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 74649085704     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2009.11.051     Document Type: Article

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