L-Arginine improves multiple physiological parameters in mice exposed to diet-induced metabolic disturbances

Amino Acids

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1265-1275

  Clemmensen, Christoffer ^a   Madsen, Andreas N ^b   Smajilovic, Sanela ^a   Holst, Birgitte ^a,b   Bräuner Osborne, Hans ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Diabetes; Diet; Insulin sensitivity; L Arginine; Low protein; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EPIDIDYMIS FAT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; METABOLIC REGULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; THERAPY EFFECT; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, WHITE; ADIPOSITY; ANIMALS; ARGININE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIET, PROTEIN-RESTRICTED; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ENERGY INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; GLUCOSE; HOMEOSTASIS; HYPERPHAGIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MITOCHONDRIA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

ANIMALIA; MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 84867045005     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: 14382199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-011-1199-1     Document Type: Article

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