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SUBMITTER: Fischer A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6983433 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fischer Alexandra A Lüersen Kai K Schultheiß Gerhard G de Pascual-Teresa Sonia S Mereu Alessandro A Ipharraguerre Ignacio R IR Rimbach Gerald G
Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition 20191112 1
To gain a better understanding of how nitrate may affect carbohydrate and lipid metabolism, female wild-type mice were fed a high-fat, high-fructose diet supplemented with either 0, 400, or 800 mg nitrate/kg diet for 28 days. Additionally, obese female <i>db/db</i> mice were fed a 5% fat diet supplemented with the same levels and source of nitrate. Nitrate decreased the sodium-dependent uptake of glucose by ileal mucosa in wild-type mice. Moreover, nitrate significantly decreased triglyceride co ...[more]