Dietary Effect of Ganoderma lucidum Mushroom on Blood Pressure and Lipid Levels in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHR)

Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 433-438

  Kabir, Yearul ^a   Klmura, Shuichi ^b   Tamura, Tsutomu ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ASAHI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO   (Japan)

Author keywords

blood pressure; Ganoderma lucidum; mushroom; plasma and liver lipids; spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR)

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIETARY INTAKE; FUNGUS; HYPERTENSION; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MUSHROOM; RAT; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT;

ANIMALIA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI; GANODERMA LUCIDUM;

EID: 0023806613     PISSN: 03014800     EISSN: 18817742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3177/jnsv.34.433     Document Type: Note

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