Effect of black tea drinking on blood lipids, blood pressure and aspects of bowel habit

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 41-55

  Bingham, S A ^a   Vorster, H ^b   Jerling, J C ^b   Magee, E ^a   Mulligan, A ^a   Runswick, S A ^b   Cummings, J H ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Blood lipids; Cardiovascular disease; Tea

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBENZOIC ACID; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTESTINE FUNCTION; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TEA; TIME; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS;

4-AMINOBENZOIC ACID; ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TEA; TRIGLYCERIDES;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS;

EID: 0030786592     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN19970117     Document Type: Article

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