Cholesterol response and fatty streak formation in hamsters fed two levels of saturated fat and various levels of cholesterol

Nutrition Research

Volumn 17, Issue 11-12, 1997, Pages 1693-1707

  Kahlon, Talwinder S ^a   Chow, Faye I ^a   Irving, Delilah W ^a   Sayre, Robert N ^a  

^a WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Hamster; Liver; Plasma; Saturated fat

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; SATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL LIVER LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; HAMSTER; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEANING;

EID: 0030726835     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0271-5317(97)00176-0     Document Type: Article

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