Nitric oxide mediates the insulin sensitizing effects of β-sitosterol in high fat diet-fed rats

Nitric Oxide - Biology and Chemistry

Volumn 32, Issue , 2013, Pages 43-53

  Radika, M K ^a   Viswanathan, P ^a   Anuradha, C V ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Sitosterol; Aminoguanidine; High fat diet; Nitric oxide; Nitro l arginine methyl ester

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INSULIN SENSITIZING AGENT; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SITOSTEROL; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BODY WEIGHT; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; HISTOLOGY; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERINSULINEMIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LIPID DIET; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIPID STORAGE; LIVER INJURY; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; NITROSATIVE STRESS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CARBONYLATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY WEIGHT; DIET, HIGH-FAT; GUANIDINES; HEPATOCYTES; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER; MALE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; NITRITES; ORGAN SIZE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SITOSTEROLS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 84877822961     PISSN: 10898603     EISSN: 10898611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.niox.2013.04.007     Document Type: Article

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