Effects of exogenous ketone supplementation on blood ketone, glucose, triglyceride, and lipoprotein levels in Sprague-Dawley rats

Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Kesl, Shannon L ^a   Poff, Angela M ^a   Ward, Nathan P ^a   Fiorelli, Tina N ^a   Ari, Csilla ^a   Van Putten, Ashley J ^a   Sherwood, Jacob W ^a   Arnold, Patrick ^b   D'Agostino, Dominic P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Savind Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Appetite; Hyperketonemia; Ketogenic diet; Ketone ester; Ketone supplement; Triglycerides; hydroxybutyrate

Indexed keywords

1,3 BUTANEDIOL; 1,3 BUTANEDIOL ACETOACETATE DIESTER; 3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; KETONE; LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MEDIUM CHAIN TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; KETOACIDOSIS; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SUPPLEMENTATION; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84958754187     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17437075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12986-016-0069-y     Document Type: Article

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