Characterization of an alcoholic hepatic steatosis model induced by ethanol and high-fat diet in rats

Alcoholic liver disease is characterized by a wide spectrum of liver damage, which increases when ethanol is associated with high-fat diets (HFD). This work aimed to establish a model of alcoholic hepatic steatosis (AHS) by using a combination of 10% ethanol and sunflower seeds as the source of HFD....

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Main Authors: Carlos Eduardo Alves de Souza, Aline Maria Stolf, Arturo Alejandro Dreifuss, Francislaine dos Reis Lívero, Liana de Oliveira Gomes, Lyvia Petiz, Olair Beltrame, Rosangela Locatelli Dittrich, José Ederaldo Queiroz Telles, Sílvia Maria Cadena, Alexandra Acco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 2015-06-01
Series:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132015000300367&lng=en&tlng=en