Effects of Dietary Concentration of Laminaran and Depolymerised Alginate on Rat Cecal Microflora and Plasma Lipids

Fisheries Science

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 589-593

  Kuda, Takashi ^a   Goto, Hideyuki ^a   Yokoyama, Michio ^a   Fujii, Tateo ^b  

^a Ishikawa Agricultural College   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cecal microflora; Laminaran; Plasma lipid; Rat; Sodium alginate

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001557917     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2331/fishsci.64.589     Document Type: Article

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