Increased intestinal contents viscosity reduces cholesterol absorption efficiency in hamsters fed hydroxypropyl methylcellulose

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1463-1469

  Carr, Timothy P ^a   Gallaher, Daniel D ^a   Yang, Ching Hui ^a   Hassel, Craig A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

cholesterol absorption; dietary fiber; hamsters; plasma cholesterol; viscosity

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL ESTER; HYDROXYPROPYLMETHYLCELLULOSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL LIVER LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY FIBER; FERMENTATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; SMALL INTESTINE ABSORPTION; SYRIAN HAMSTER; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0029979626     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/126.5.1463     Document Type: Article

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