Fat accumulation in the liver or nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is strongly related with several metabolic disorders, in particular low HDL cholesterol and high triglycerides, present in patients with type 2 diabetes
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Shortening the fatty acid chain length of rat ghrelin was reported to gradually increase the EC 50 (half maximal effective concentration) for receptor activation by 10-fold with hexanoyl (C6:0), 200-fold with butyryl (C4:0), and 500-fold with acetyl (C2:0) (Matsumoto et al., 2001)