Examination of the Effects of a Sphingolipid-Enriched Lipid Fraction from Wheat Gluten on the Incidence of Diabetes in BBdp Rats

This study was designed to examine if a sphingolipid-enriched lipid fraction from wheat gluten could affect the incidence of type I diabetes in BioBreeding diabetes prone (BBdp) rats. Wheat gluten was extracted with a chloroform-methanol (CM) mixture to isolate most of the lipids. Isolated lipids we...

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Main Author: Shi, Wenjuan
Other Authors: Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/30927
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-01132004-140619/