Article
Dietary conjugated linoleic acid reduces adiposity in lean but not obese Zucker rats.
The Journal of nutrition - 1 Jun 2001
Sisk M B, Hausman D B, Martin R J, Azain M J
Abstract excerpt
Recent studies have demonstrated a reduction in body fat in growing animals fed conjugated linoleic acid (CLA). Two experiments were conducted to extend these observations to obese rats so that the mechanism of the actions of CLA might be more easily elucidated. In experiment 1, male lean and obese Zucker rats were fed diets containing either 0 or 0.5% CLA for 5 wk. There was no effect of diet on growth rate or...
Topics
- Adipose Tissue
- Animals
- Body Weight
- Dietary Fats, Unsaturated
- Eating
- Epididymis
- Fatty Acids
- Female
- Genotype
- Inguinal Canal
- Isomerism
- Linoleic Acid
- Male
- Obesity
- Organ Size
- Rats
- Rats, Zucker
- Retroperitoneal Space