Hepatic and biochemical repercussions of a polyunsaturated fat-rich hypercaloric and hyperlipidic diet in Wistar rats

CONTEXT: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is characterized by lipid deposits in the hepatocytes and has been associated with obesity, dyslipidemia and type-2 diabetes. It is considered a hepatic manifestation of the metabolic syndrome, of which the main component is insulin resistance leading to hy...

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Main Author: Burlamaqui,Idália M. B. (author)
Other Authors: Dornelas,Conceição A. (author), Valença Jr,José Telmo (author), Mesquita,Francisco J. C. (author), Veras,Lara B. (author), Rodrigues,Lusmar Veras (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-28032011000200012
Country:Brazil
Oai:oai:scielo:S0004-28032011000200012