Tomato lycopene and β-carotene inhibit low density lipoprotein oxidation and this effect depends on the lipoprotein vitamin E content

Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 433-443

  Fuhrman, B ^a   Ben Yaish, L ^a   Attias, J ^a   Hayek, T ^a   Aviram, M ^a  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

carotene; LDL; Lipid peroxidation; Lycopene; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001014111     PISSN: 09394753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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