Preventive effects of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) on cholesterol gallstone formation in hamsters

Folia Pharmacologica Japonica

Volumn 110, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages 50-55

  Mizuguchi, Kiyoshi ^a   Yano, Takashi ^a   Kawano, Hiroyuki ^a   Abei, Masato ^b   Tanaka, Naomi ^b  

^a MOCHIDA PHARMACEUTICAL CO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; EPA; Gallstone; Hamster; PUFA

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; BEZAFIBRATE; CHOLESTEROL; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; LINOLEIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; LIPID; PALMITIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; PHOSPHOLIPID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL STONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GALLSTONE FORMATION; HAMSTER; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; STONE FORMATION;

EID: 0030671149     PISSN: 00155691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1254/fpj.110.supplement_50     Document Type: Article

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