Dietary açai attenuates hepatic steatosis via adiponectin-mediated effects on lipid metabolism in high-fat diet mice

Journal of Functional Foods

Volumn 14, Issue , 2015, Pages 192-202

  Guerra, Joyce Ferreira da Costa ^a   Maciel, Poliane Silva ^a   de Abreu, Isabel Cristina Mallosto Emerich ^a   Pereira, Renata Rebeca ^a   Silva, Maisa ^b   Cardoso, Leandro de Morais ^b   Pinheiro Sant'Ana, Helena Maria ^c   Lima, Wanderson Geraldo de ^a   Silva, Marcelo Estáquio ^a   Pedrosa, Maria Lúcia ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF JUIZ DE FORA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adipokines; Anthocyanins; Euterpe oleracea mart; Insulin resistance; Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; Peroxisome proliferator activated receptor

Indexed keywords

EUTERPE OLERACEA; MUS;

EID: 84926351418     PISSN: 17564646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jff.2015.01.025     Document Type: Article

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