Nutrition
Volume 26, Issue 2 , Pages 230-239 , February 2010

Metabolic effects of whole grain wheat and whole grain rye in the C57BL/6J mouse

  • Ulrika Andersson, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Experimental Medical Science, Division of Diabetes, Metabolism and Endocrinology, Lund University, BMC, Lund, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +46-46-2228128; fax: +46-46-2224022.
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  • Liza Rosén, M.Tech.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Food Technology, Engineering and Nutrition, Division of Applied Nutrition and Food Chemistry, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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  • Elin Östman, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Food Technology, Engineering and Nutrition, Division of Applied Nutrition and Food Chemistry, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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  • Kristoffer Ström, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Experimental Medical Science, Division of Diabetes, Metabolism and Endocrinology, Lund University, BMC, Lund, Sweden
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  • Nils Wierup, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Experimental Medical Science, Division of Diabetes, Metabolism and Endocrinology, Lund University, BMC, Lund, Sweden
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  • Inger Björck, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Food Technology, Engineering and Nutrition, Division of Applied Nutrition and Food Chemistry, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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  • Cecilia Holm, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Experimental Medical Science, Division of Diabetes, Metabolism and Endocrinology, Lund University, BMC, Lund, Sweden

Received 3 September 2008 ,Accepted 9 June 2009.

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 Financial support was provided by the FuncFood Ph.D. program at Lund University, the Swedish Research Council (project 11284 to C.H., project 4499 to N.W.), the Swedish Diabetes Association, Dir. Albert Påhlsson's Foundation, The Royal Physiographic Society in Lund, the Novo Nordisk Foundation, and the Torsten and Ragnar Söderberg Foundation.

PII: S0899-9007(09)00253-6

doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2009.06.007

Nutrition
Volume 26, Issue 2 , Pages 230-239 , February 2010

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