Plasma and hepatic cholesterol levels and fecal neutral sterol excretion are altered in hamsters fed straw mushroom diets

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 128, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1512-1516

  Cheung, Peter C K ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bile acids; Cholesterol; Hamsters; Mushroom; Volvariella volvacea

Indexed keywords

BILE ACID; CHOLESTEROL; STEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BILE ACID METABOLISM; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL LIVER LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; HAMSTER; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; MUSHROOM; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BASIDIOMYCOTA; CRICETINAE; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS; VOLVARIELLA VOLVACEA;

EID: 0031657477     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/128.9.1512     Document Type: Article

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