Effect of a polyglucosamine on the body weight of male rats: Mechanisms of action

Food Chemistry

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 978-982

  Bondiolotti, Gianpietro ^a   Cornelli, Umberto ^b   Strabbioli, Rosanna S ^c   Frega, Natale G ^c   Cornelli, Matteo ^d   Bareggi, Silvio R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^d Cor Con Srl ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Body weight; Chitosan; Cholesterol; Glucose; Lipids; Polyglucosamine

Indexed keywords

BODY WEIGHT; FOOD INTAKE; HIGH-DENSITY LIPOPROTEINS; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MALE RATS; MECHANISM OF ACTION; PLASMA LIPID; POLYGLUCOSAMINE; TARTARIC ACIDS; TRIGLYCERIDE LEVELS; VITAMIN C; WATER INTAKES;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHITIN; CHITOSAN; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; LIPIDS; NUTRITION; RATS; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

WATER CONTENT;

ACETIC ACID; CHITOSAN; CHOLESTEROL; FECES LIPID; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; POLYGLUCOSAMINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES COMPOSITION; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT GAIN; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 77956617046     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2010.07.039     Document Type: Article

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