Early responses of female obese rats to dehydroepiandrosterone treatment.
Short-term DHEA treatment elicited an increase in catalase, long-chain fatty acid CoA hydrolase, and peroxisomal beta-oxidation together with a variable increase in mitochondrial respiration. The mechanisms involved with the antiobesity effects of DHEA have yet to be fully resolved.
D000818:Animals; D003687:Dehydroepiandrosterone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D009765:Obesity / Q000188:drug therapy*; D051381:Rats; D011924:Rats, Zucker; D012727:Sex Characteristics
D003687:Dehydroepiandrosterone