Selenium Supplementation and Diet Induced Hypercholesterolemia in the Rat: Changes in Lipid Levels, Malonyldialdehyde Production and the Nitric Oxide Synthase Activity

General Physiology and Biophysics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 71-78

  Kang, B P S ^a   Bansal, M P ^a   Mehta, U ^a  

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Citrulline; High fat diet; Hypercholesterolemia; Lipid peroxidation; Nitric oxide; Selenium

Indexed keywords

CITRULLINE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MALONALDEHYDE; NITRIC OXIDE; SELENIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPID DIET; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; AORTA; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL; DIET, ATHEROGENIC; DIETARY FATS; FOOD, FORTIFIED; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIVER; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SELENIUM; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 0031747210     PISSN: 02315882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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