Melatonin may curtail the metabolic syndrome: Studies on initial and fully established fructose-induced metabolic syndrome in rats

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 2502-2514

  Cardinali, Daniel P ^a   Scacchi Bernasconi, Pablo A ^a   Reynoso, Roxana ^a,b   Reyes Toso, Carlos F ^b   Scacchi, Pablo ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA ARGENTINA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Dyslipidemia; Fructose; Glucose tolerance; Hypertension; Melatonin; Metabolic syndrome; Obesity

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MELATONIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UREA; URIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DYSLIPIDEMIA; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HYPERGLYCEMIA; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; RAT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT CHANGE;

EID: 84875095480     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms14022502     Document Type: Article

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