Fish oil supplementation attenuates changes in plasma lipids caused by dexamethasone treatment in rats

Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 382-390

  Barbosa, Amanda Marreiro ^a   Francisco, Priscila de Cássia ^a   Motta, Katia ^a   Chagas, Thayz Rodrigues ^a   dos Santos, Cristiane ^a   Rafacho, Alex ^a   Nunes, Everson Araújo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dexamethasone; Fish oil; Metabolism; Plasma lipids; Supplementation; Triacylglycerol

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FISH OIL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; INSULIN RECEPTOR SUBSTRATE; IRS1 PROTEIN, RAT; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; PROTEIN KINASE B; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DRUG EFFECTS; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; GENETICS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; DEXAMETHASONE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FISH OILS; INSULIN RECEPTOR SUBSTRATE PROTEINS; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER; MALE; PPAR GAMMA; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 84962033918     PISSN: 17155312     EISSN: 17155320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2015-0487     Document Type: Article

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