Effect of ractopamine on lipid metabolism in vivo - a systematic review

The aim of this article was to evaluate the in vivo mechanism of action through which ractopamine reduces the amount of adipose tissue in carcass of animals fed diets supplemented with this drug. Literature search was carried out, using the keywords Ractopamine, lipogenesis, lipolysis, fatty acid an...

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Main Authors: Matheus Soares da Silva Ferreira, Cesar Augusto Pospissil Garbossa, Guilherme Oberlender, Luciano José Pereira, Márcio Gilberto Zangeronimo, Raimundo Vicente de Sousa, Vinícius de Souza Cantarelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 2013-02-01
Series:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132013000100005