Rice bran protein ameliorates diabetes, reduces fatty liver, and has renoprotective effects in Zucker Diabetic Fatty rats

The beneficial effects of rice bran protein (RBP), which comprises 12.8% of rice bran, have not been fully characterized. Therefore, the effects of RBP on diabetes, fatty liver, and diabetic nephropathy were investigated in Zucker Diabetic Fatty (ZDF) rats. Six-week-old male ZDF rats were fed RBP or...

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Main Authors: Masatoshi Kubota, Reiko Watanabe, Michihiro Hosojima, Akihiko Saito, Ai Sasou, Takehiro Masumura, Yukikazu Harada, Hiroyuki Hashimoto, Shinobu Fujimura, Motoni Kadowaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-07-01
Series:Journal of Functional Foods
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S175646462030205X