Dietary Anthocyanins as Nutritional Therapy for Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), defined by excessive lipid accumulation in the liver, is the hepatic manifestation of insulin resistance and the metabolic syndrome. Due to the epidemics of obesity, NAFLD is rapidly becoming the leading cause of altered liver enzymes in Western countries. N...

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Main Authors: Luca Valenti, Patrizia Riso, Alessandra Mazzocchi, Marisa Porrini, Silvia Fargion, Carlo Agostoni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/145421