Effect of Supplementation With Chitosan on Weight, Cardiometabolic, and Other Risk Indices in Wistar Rats Fed Normal and High-Fat/High-Cholesterol Diets

The aim was to investigate effect of chitosan on markers of obesity and cardiometabolic risk in rats fed normal chow (NC) or high-fat/high-cholesterol diet (HF/HCD). Forty male rats were fed NC or HF/HCD for 3 months, then divided into 4 groups: group A fed NC, group B: NC + chitosan, group C: HF/HC...

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Main Authors: Suhad M Bahijri, Lubna Alsheikh, Ghada Ajabnoor, Anwar Borai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2017-05-01
Series:Nutrition and Metabolic Insights
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1178638817710666