Acute Effects of Exogenous Hormone Administration on Postprandial Acylation Stimulating Protein Levels in Ovariectomized Rats after a Fat Load

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(b) Areas under the curves (AUCs) for postprandial changes in plasma triglyceride (TG) concentrations for the different hormone treated groups and control group were measured to represent postprandial TG clearance after a fat load. The greatest difference in TG-AUC was greatest between the progesterone treated group and the testosterone treated group (0.041). Results are expressed as mean ± SEM. 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Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism

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Figure 3: Acute Effects of Exogenous Hormone Administration on Postprandial Acylation Stimulating Protein Levels in Ovariectomized Rats after a Fat Load 

Figure 3 | Acute Effects of Exogenous Hormone Administration on Postprandial Acylation Stimulating Protein Levels in Ovariectomized Rats after a Fat Load 