PULMONARY DELIVERY OF ANORECTIC GUT SECRETED PEPTIDES FOR APPETITE SUPPRESSION IN RATS
This dissertation project aimed to demonstrate that pulmonary delivery of two anorectic gut secreted peptides, peptide YY (PYY) and oxyntomodulin (OXM) enabled food intake suppression and reduced body weight gain in rats via their systemic absorption from the lung and interaction with the brain. Aft...
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VCU Scholars Compass
2009
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| Online Access: | http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/1941 http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2940&context=etd |