Wild blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium) consumption improves inflammatory status in the obese Zucker rat model of the metabolic syndrome

Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1508-1512

  Vendrame, Stefano ^a   Daugherty, Allison ^a   Kristo, Aleksandra S ^a   Riso, Patrizia ^b   Klimis Zacas, Dorothy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blueberries; Inflammation; Metabolic syndrome; Obese Zucker rat

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLUEBERRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DOWN REGULATION; FEEDING; FOOD INTAKE; GENETIC REGULATION; INFLAMMATION; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LIVER; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OBESITY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM; ZUCKER RAT;

BLUEBERRIES; INFLAMMATION; METABOLIC SYNDROME; OBESE ZUCKER RAT;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADIPONECTIN; ANIMALS; BLUEBERRY PLANT; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-6; LIVER; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NF-KAPPA B; OBESITY; RATS; RATS, ZUCKER; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

RATTUS; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM;

EID: 84892438497     PISSN: 09552863     EISSN: 18734847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2012.12.010     Document Type: Article

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