Guar gum effects on plasma low-density lipoprotein and hepatic cholesterol metabolism in guinea pigs fed low- and high-cholesterol diets: A dose-response study

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 127-134

  Fernandez, Maria Luz ^a   Sun, Dong Ming ^a   Tosca, Mark ^a   McNamara, Donald J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acyl CoA:cholesterol acyltransferase; Apo B E receptors; Dietary cholesterol; Guar gum; Guinea pig; Hepatic cholesterol; HMG CoA reductase; Low density lipoprotein

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; GUAR GUM; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; INTERMEDIATE DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GUINEA PIG; LIVER; NONHUMAN; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GALACTANS; GUINEA PIGS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COA REDUCTASES; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL; LIVER; MANNANS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; STEROL O-ACYLTRANSFERASE; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.;

EID: 0028816901     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/61.1.127     Document Type: Article

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