Article
Trafficking of dietary fat in obesity-prone and obesity-resistant rats.
American journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Nov 2006
Jackman Matthew R, Kramer Robert E, MacLean Paul S, Bessesen Daniel H
Abstract excerpt
The trafficking of dietary fat was assessed in obesity-prone (OP) and obesity-resistant (OR) male and female rats. Test meals containing [1-(14)C]palmitate were delivered through gastric feeding tubes while rats consumed a high-carbohydrate diet (HCD) or after 5 days of a high-fat diet (HFD). Over the subsequent 24 h, the appearance of (14)C was followed in the GI tract, skeletal muscles (SM), liver, adipose...
Topics
- Adipose Tissue
- Animals
- Body Weight
- Breeding
- Carbon Dioxide
- Carbon Radioisotopes
- Dietary Carbohydrates
- Dietary Fats
- Enteral Nutrition
- Female
- Intestinal Absorption
- Lipoprotein Lipase
- Liver
- Male
- Muscle, Skeletal
- Obesity
- Oxidation-Reduction
- Palmitates
