Experiment 449446

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PropertyValue
Pharmacology
Administration routeROUTE NOT GIVEN
OrganismEmpty organism
CitationRUSSELL,JC: KOESLAG,DG: DOLPHIN,PJ: AMY,RM:. (1993). BENEFICIAL EFFECTS OF ACARBOSE IN THE ATHEROSCLEROSIS-PRONE JCR:LA-CORPULENT RAT.. 42(2)
Amount utilized
Compound isolated
DiseaseJCR:LA CORPULENT RATS WERE USED IN THIS STUDY. THESE RATS EXHIBIT MARKED OBESITY AND METABOLIC DERANGEMENTS CHARACTERIZED BY HYPERLIPIDEMIA DUE TO HYPERSECRETION OF VLDL CHOLESTEROL AND SEVERE INSULIN RESISTANCE. THEY ALSO SPONTANEOUSLY DEVELOP ATHEROSCLEROSIS AND ISCHEMIC MYOCARDIAL LESIONS. RATS WERE FED A SUGAR SUPPLEMENTED DIET.
Number5
Qualitative resultINACTIVE
AnimalRAT
Dose expressionDOSE