Açai (Euterpe oleracea Mart.) seed flour prevents obesity-induced hepatic steatosis regulating lipid metabolism by increasing cholesterol excretion in high-fat diet-fed mice

Food Res Int. 2018 Sep:111:408-415. doi: 10.1016/j.foodres.2018.05.043. Epub 2018 May 24.
No abstract available

Keywords: Açai; Bioactive compounds; Functional food; Lipogenesis; Obesity.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cholesterol / metabolism*
  • Diet, High-Fat*
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Euterpe / metabolism*
  • Fatty Liver / etiology
  • Fatty Liver / prevention & control*
  • Flour*
  • Lipid Metabolism / drug effects*
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Obesity / complications
  • Seeds / metabolism

Substances

  • Cholesterol