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Studies from Research Center in the area of life sciences published
Published in Mental Health Weekly Digest, March 31st, 2008
Current study results from the report, 'Beneficial effects versus toxicity of medium-chain triacylglycerols in rats with NASH,' have been published. "Replacing long-chain triacylglycerols (LCT) with medium-chain triacylglycerols (MCT) reduces alcohol-induced liver injury. Because of the similarity of the pathogenesis of alcohol-induced liver damage and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), our aim was to assess whether MCT is also beneficial in NASH," investigators in the United States report.
"We used a rat NASH model in which corn oil (35% of total calories) was isocalorically replaced with MCT. Partial replacement of LCT did not ameliorate hepatic fat accumulation,...
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