Dietary soy protein isolate, compared with casein, reduces atherosclerotic lesion area in apolipoprotein E-deficient mice

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 128, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1884-1889

  Ni, Weihua ^a   Tsuda, Yasuyuki ^a   Sakono, Masanobu ^b   Imaizumi, Katsumi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

ApoE deficient mice; Atherosclerosis; Casein; Isoflavone; Soy protein isolate

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; CASEIN; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLIC ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID; SOYBEAN PROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA ARCH; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE 3; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN INTAKE; THORACIC AORTA;

EID: 0031738457     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/128.11.1884     Document Type: Article

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