Legumes reduced intestinal fat deposition in the Caenorhabditis elegans model system
Wild type Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) were fed with powdered legumes (1%, w/v): light red kidney, black, navy, white kidney, cranberry, great northern, lentil, lima, or dark red kidney (20%, 33% and 50% of a 1% suspension). Lipophilic fluorescent Nile red dye-stained intestinal fat depositio...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2013-07-01
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Series: | Journal of Functional Foods |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1756464613000765 |