Fatty acid desaturation index correlates with body mass and adiposity indices of obesity in Wistar NIN obese mutant rat strains WNIN/Ob and WNIN/GR-Ob

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Microsomal stearoyl-CoA desaturase1 (SCD1) is the rate limiting enzyme involved in the biosynthesis of monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFAs); palmitoleic (16:1) and oleic (18:1) acid from their respective substrates palmitic (16:0) and...

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Main Authors: Giridharan Nappan V, Balakrishna Nagalla, Padmini Suryaprakash, Lopamudra Pratti, Jeyakumar Shanmugam M, Vajreswari Ayyalasomayajula
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-06-01
Series:Nutrition & Metabolism
Online Access:http://www.nutritionandmetabolism.com/content/6/1/27