Nutrition
Volume 26, Issue 7 , Pages 804-810 , July 2010

Diet supplementation with acai (Euterpe oleracea Mart.) pulp improves biomarkers of oxidative stress and the serum lipid profile in rats

  • Melina Oliveira de Souza, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Núcleo de Pesquisas em Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
    • ,
  • Maísa Silva, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Núcleo de Pesquisas em Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
    • ,
  • Marcelo Eustáquio Silva, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Núcleo de Pesquisas em Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
    • Departamento de Alimentos, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
    • ,
  • Riva de Paula Oliveira, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Núcleo de Pesquisas em Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
    • Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
    • ,
  • Maria Lucia Pedrosa, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Núcleo de Pesquisas em Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
    • Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +55-31-3559-1696; fax: +55-31-3559-1680.

Received 16 March 2009 ,Accepted 6 September 2009.

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 This study was supported by the Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa de Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG, Minas Gerais, Brazil) and Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq, Brazil; no. 475823/2007-9).

PII: S0899-9007(09)00399-2

doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2009.09.007

Nutrition
Volume 26, Issue 7 , Pages 804-810 , July 2010

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