Effects of a high-fat diet on superoxide anion generation and membrane fluidity in liver mitochondria in rats

• Main Authors: M Togo (Author), N Konari (Author), M Tsukamoto (Author), R Kimoto (Author), T Yamaguchi (Author), H Takeda (Author), I Kambayashi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background Obesity is a primary factor of lifestyle-related diseases, and the age of its onset has decreased. The reactive oxygen species (ROS), the superoxide anion, is generated in the mitochondrial electron transport chain and the damage it induces in cells may be a contributing factor to obesity...