Medium chain triglycerides dose-dependently prevent liver pathology in a rat model of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volumn 238, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 151-162

  Ronis, Martin J J ^a,b   Baumgardner, January N ^b   Sharma, Neha ^a   Vantrease, Jamie ^a   Ferguson, Matthew ^a   Tong, Yudong ^a   Wu, Xianli ^a,b   Cleves, Mario A ^a,b   Badger, Thomas M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatty acid; Medium chain triacylglycerols; NAFLD; NASH; Steatosis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CORN OIL; CYTOCHROME P450 2E1; MEDIUM CHAIN TRIACYLGLYCEROL; MESSENGER RNA; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR ALPHA; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTERIC FEEDING; FAT INTAKE; FATTY ACID OMEGA OXIDATION; HOMEOSTASIS; LIVER NECROSIS; MALE; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PATHOLOGY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP2E1; DIET; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FATTY LIVER; NECROSIS; RATS; SERUM; TRIGLYCERIDES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84877661047     PISSN: 15353702     EISSN: 15353699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ebm.2012.012303     Document Type: Article

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