Caffeine Promotes Conversion of Palmitic Acid to Palmitoleic Acid by Inducing Expression of fat-5 in Caenorhabditis elegans and scd1 in Mice

• Main Authors: Xiaocui Du (Author), Qin Huang (Author), Yun Guan (Author), Ming Lv (Author), Xiaofang He (Author), Chongye Fang (Author), Xuanjun Wang (Author), Jun Sheng (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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The synthesis and metabolism of fatty acids in an organism is related to many biological processes and is involved in several diseases. The effects of caffeine on fatty acid synthesis and fat storage in Caenorhabditis elegans and mice were studied. After 6 h of food deprivation, adult C. elegans wer...