Resveratrol Supplementation in Obese Pregnant Rats Improves Maternal Metabolism and Prevents Increased Placental Oxidative Stress

• Main Authors: Guadalupe L. Rodríguez-González (Author), Lilia Vargas-Hernández (Author), Luis A. Reyes-Castro (Author), Carlos A. Ibáñez (Author), Claudia J. Bautista (Author), Consuelo Lomas-Soria (Author), Nozomi Itani (Author), Guadalupe Estrada-Gutierrez (Author), Aurora Espejel-Nuñez (Author), Arturo Flores-Pliego (Author), Araceli Montoya-Estrada (Author), Enrique Reyes-Muñoz (Author), Paul D. Taylor (Author), Peter W. Nathanielsz (Author), Elena Zambrano (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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Maternal obesity (MO) causes maternal and fetal oxidative stress (OS) and metabolic dysfunction. We investigated whether supplementing obese mothers with resveratrol improves maternal metabolic alterations and reduces OS in the placenta and maternal and fetal liver. From weaning through pregnancy fe...