Dietary taurine reduces hepatic secretion of cholesteryl ester and enhances fatty acid oxidation in rats fed a high-cholesterol diet

Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 144-149

  Fukuda, Nobuhiro ^a   Yoshitama, Ayako ^a   Sugita, Satomi ^a   Fujita, Michiko ^a   Murakami, Shigeru ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^b TAISHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cholesterol ester secretion; Fatty acid oxidation; Rat liver; Taurine

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTEROL ESTER; KETONE; OLEIC ACID; TAURINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTERIFICATION; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; FOOD INTAKE; LIPID LIVER LEVEL; LIVER MITOCHONDRION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; CARNITINE O-PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTEROL ESTERS; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; ESTERIFICATION; FATTY ACIDS; KETONE BODIES; LIVER; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA; OLEIC ACID; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TAURINE;

RATTUS;

EID: 79959692389     PISSN: 03014800     EISSN: 18817742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3177/jnsv.57.144     Document Type: Article

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