Results: 4

The beneficial effects of virgin olive oil against oxidative stress induced by hypercholesterolemia in rats

Acta sci., Health sci; 44 (), 2022
Cardiovascular disease(CVD) remains the major cause of mortality in the world, typically claiming a third of all deaths. The primary cause of CVD is atherosclerosis. Therefore, timely prevention and therapy of atherosclerosis are able to reduce the risk of the development of its clinical manif...

Interleukin-12 as a biomarker of the beneficial effects of food restriction in mice receiving high fat diet or high carbohydrate diet

Braz. j. med. biol. res; 51 (12), 2018
The impact of food restriction (FR) during 56 days on serum levels of cytokines in mice fed a high-fat diet (HFD) or high-carbohydrate diet (HCD) were evaluated. The amount of food was reduced 50% for HFD-FR and HCD-FR groups compared to mice receiving free access to HFD (HFD group) or HCD (HCD group). W...

Beef tallow and emulsifier in growing-finishing pig diets

An. acad. bras. ciênc; 89 (2), 2017
ABSTRACT Two trials were aimed to evaluate beef tallow in diets with and without emulsifier on performance of pigs at growing-finishing phases. In the first trial, 15 barrows (22.03±0.62 kg) were distributed among three treatments: reference diet; test diet 1 (5% beef tallow) and test diet 2 (10% beef t...

Alterações Cardiometabólicas em Ratos Wistar Alimentados com Dieta Hiperlipídica e Hipercolesterolêmica por Seis Semanas

Fundamento: Alta ingestão de lipídeos e colesterol compõe a dieta da sociedade moderna e está envolvida com o desenvolvimento de doenças cardiometabólicas. Entretanto, há lacunas na literatura quanto à existência de modelos de dislipidemias em ratos Wistar. Objetivos: Analisar o perfil cardiomet...