Melatonin increases magnesium concentrations in white adipose tissue and pancreas of diabetic obese rats

Melatonin is a natural bioactive compound, whose intake by obese diabetic Zucker (ZDF) rats improves this pathology. Hypomagnesaemia has also been observed in diabetes, and magnesium (Mg) is known to play an essential role in carbohydrate metabolism. In this study we have determined the effect of me...

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Main Authors: Miguel Navarro-Alarcon, Marina Villalón, Cecilia Jiménez, Javier Quesada-Granados, Ahmad Agil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-09-01
Series:Journal of Functional Foods
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1756464618303529