Alcohol: A nutrient with multiple salutary effects

Nutrients

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1992-2000

  Pownall, Henry J ^a,b   Rosales, Corina ^a   Gillard, Baiba K ^a   Gotto, Antonio M ^a,b  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetate; Alcohol; Atherosclerosis; HDL; Insulin resistance

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 43; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACETIC ACID; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LIPOLYSIS; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PANCREATITIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; RESEARCH; REVIEW; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DRUG EFFECTS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; METABOLISM;

ACETIC ACID; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; ETHANOL; HUMANS; INSULIN; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED;

EID: 84982685880     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu7031992     Document Type: Review

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