Medium-chain triglycerides

Identification of Cd36 (Fat) as an insulin-resistance gene causing defective fatty acid and glucose metabolism in hypertensive rats

Timothy J. Aitman, Anne M. Glazier, Caroline A. Wallace et al. · Nature Genetics · 1999 · 738 citations

Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome, Hypertension +12

The insulinotropic potency of fatty acids is influenced profoundly by their chain length and degree of saturation.

Daniel T. Stein, B E Stevenson, M Chester et al. · Journal of Clinical Investigation · 1997 · 348 citations · Full text

Metabolic Syndrome, Biochemistry, Fatty Acids +15

Medium‐Chain Triglycerides Increase Energy Expenditure and Decrease Adiposity in Overweight Men

Marie‐Pierre St‐Onge, Robert Ross, William D. Parsons et al. · Obesity Research · 2003 · 273 citations · Full text

Dietary Medium-Chain Triacylglycerols Suppress Accumulation of Body Fat in a Double-Blind, Controlled Trial in Healthy Men and Women

Hiroaki Tsuji, Michio Kasai, Hiroyuki Takeuchi et al. · Journal of Nutrition · 2001 · 241 citations

Metabolic Syndrome, Nutrition, Body Composition +11

Glucose plus insulin regulate fat oxidation by controlling the rate of fatty acid entry into the mitochondria.

Labros S. Sidossis, Charles Stuart, Gerald I. Shulman et al. · Journal of Clinical Investigation · 1996 · 231 citations · Full text

Mitochondrial Biology, Insulin Signaling, Oxidative Stress +16