Effects of Ramadan fasting on glucose homeostasis and adiponectin levels in healthy adult males

BACKGROUND: Adiponectin is a hormone secreted by adipocytes during the fasting phase of the fast-fed cycle. Ramadan fasting involves prolonged fasting for up to twelve hours and thus could lead to increased secretion of adiponectin by adipocytes. However, studies on the role of adiponectin on glucos...

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Autores principales: Gnanou, Justin V., Caszo, Brinnell A., Khalil, Khalifah M., Abdullah, Shahidah L., Knight, Victor F., Bidin, Mohd Z.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4494190/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26155596
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40200-015-0183-9

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