Component
Rat hepatic triglyceride content
Species, exposure, manipulation and evidence limits are specified on each linked claim.
2 recorded relationships. Experimental role, claim status and evidence remain attached to each record.
How nutrients influence it
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What it does
Every recorded relationship this component is part of, grouped by its role. Plain wording comes first; the technical statement follows.
What acts on it
The combination of marginal copper deficiency and fructose feeding increased hepatic triglyceride and liver injury in rats.
Experimental context and source evidence
- availability_state
- nutrient_deficiency Imported condition classification; unverified.
- dose
- Dietary copper 6 or 1.6 mg/kg diet; water with or without 30% w/v fructose
- duration
- 4 weeks
- evidence_access
- Primary full-text methods/results and metadata inspected.
- evidence_scope
- literature_reviewed; source-specific curation
- experimental_model
- Male weanling Sprague-Dawley rats
- exposure_scope
- Isolated fructose with copper restriction
- limitations
- High-fructose component experiment. Copper concentrations refer to diet, not body weight. Ctr1 expression is not direct copper flux, and human HFCS-induced copper deficiency is not established.
- nutrient_topic
- HFCS chapter: actual formulation studies, component biochemistry and interventions are explicitly distinguished. · High-Fructose Corn Syrup / HFCS
- organism
- Male weanling Sprague-Dawley rats
- plain_language
- The combination of marginal copper deficiency and fructose feeding increased hepatic triglyceride and liver injury in rats.
- primary_references
- High fructose feeding induces copper deficiency in Sprague-Dawley rats: a novel mechanism for obesity related fatty liver. (2012). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21781943/ DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2011.05.030
- route
- Oral diet and drinking water
- tissue
- Copper status, duodenum and hepatic triglyceride
- trigger_kind
- nutrient_deficiency Imported condition classification; unverified.
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## hfcs-copper-liver The combination of marginal copper deficiency and fructose feeding increased hepatic triglyceride and liver injury in rats. Model/species: Male weanling Sprague-Dawley rats Tissue: Copper status, duodenum and hepatic triglyceride Exposure: Dietary copper 6 or 1.6 mg/kg diet; water with or without 30% w/v fructose Route: Oral diet and drinking water Duration: 4 weeks Exposure scope: Isolated fructose with copper restriction Limits: High-fructose component experiment. Copper concentrations refer to diet, not body weight. Ctr1 expression is not direct copper flux, and human HFCS-induced copper deficiency is not established. Reference: High fructose feeding induces copper deficiency in Sprague-Dawley rats: a novel mechanism for obesity related fatty liver. (2012). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21781943/ DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2011.05.030 Access: Primary full-text methods/results and metadata inspected.
Complete structured claim and evidenceRats drinking HFCS-55 had the highest hepatic triglyceride and total lipid content among the tested solutions.
Experimental context and source evidence
- dose
- 13% w/v HFCS-55, sucrose or fructose solution versus water
- duration
- 8 weeks
- evidence_access
- Primary abstract/metadata; unrecovered methods explicitly retained.
- evidence_scope
- literature_reviewed; source-specific curation
- experimental_model
- Female rats, seven per group
- exposure_scope
- Direct HFCS-55 animal evidence
- limitations
- Hypercaloric animal setting. Expression and fatty-acid composition suggest lipogenesis but are not isotope flux measurements; differences do not establish HFCS superiority/inferiority in humans.
- nutrient_topic
- HFCS chapter: actual formulation studies, component biochemistry and interventions are explicitly distinguished. · High-Fructose Corn Syrup / HFCS
- organism
- Female rats, seven per group
- plain_language
- Rats drinking HFCS-55 had the highest hepatic triglyceride and total lipid content among the tested solutions.
- primary_references
- High-fructose corn syrup-55 consumption alters hepatic lipid metabolism and promotes triglyceride accumulation. (2017). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27768909/ DOI: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2016.09.010
- route
- Oral ad libitum solution
- tissue
- Hepatic lipid and expression endpoints
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## hfcs-rat-hfcs-lipid Rats drinking HFCS-55 had the highest hepatic triglyceride and total lipid content among the tested solutions. Model/species: Female rats, seven per group Tissue: Hepatic lipid and expression endpoints Exposure: 13% w/v HFCS-55, sucrose or fructose solution versus water Route: Oral ad libitum solution Duration: 8 weeks Exposure scope: Direct HFCS-55 animal evidence Limits: Hypercaloric animal setting. Expression and fatty-acid composition suggest lipogenesis but are not isotope flux measurements; differences do not establish HFCS superiority/inferiority in humans. Reference: High-fructose corn syrup-55 consumption alters hepatic lipid metabolism and promotes triglyceride accumulation. (2017). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27768909/ DOI: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2016.09.010 Access: Primary abstract/metadata; unrecovered methods explicitly retained.
Complete structured claim and evidence
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Situations it appears in
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