MSG intake suppresses caloric intake, weight gain, and fat deposition in female Sprague-Dawley rats

Body Fat: Composition, Measurements and Reduction Procedures

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 79-96

  Kondoh, Takashi ^a,b   Torii, Kunio ^a  

^a AJINOMOTO CO INC   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abdominal fat mass; Body weight; Caloric intake; Female rat.; High fat diet; High sucrose diet; Monosodium l glutamate; Plasma leptin; Umami taste

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054013730     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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