Effects of green tea, black tea and dietary lipophilic antioxidants on LDL oxidizability and atherosclerosis in hypercholesterolaemic rabbits

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 37-47

  Tijburg, Lilian B M ^a   Wiseman, Sheila A ^a   Meijer, Gert W ^a   Weststrate, Jan A ^a  

^a UNILEVER RESEARCH VLAARDINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Atherosclerosis; LDL oxidation; Rabbit; Tea; Vitamin E; Carotene

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; BETA CAROTENE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; OXIDIZED LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; RETINOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPID OXIDATION; LOW FAT DIET; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEA;

EID: 0030840254     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9150(97)00139-1     Document Type: Article

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