Dried green leaf powders of Jew's mellow (Corchorus), persimmon (Diosphyros kaki) and sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas poir) lower hepatic cholesterol concentration and increase fecal bile acid excretion in rats fed a cholesterol-free diet

Plant Foods for Human Nutrition

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 55-66

  Innami, Satoshi ^a   Tabata, Kimiko ^a   Shimizu, Jun ^a   Kusunoki, Kikue ^b   Ishida, Hiroshi ^a   Matsuguma, Miki ^b   Wada, Masahiro ^a   Sugiyama, Noriko ^a   Kondo, Mika ^c  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

^b NAKAMURA GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Arsoa Osho Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Fecal bile acids; Jew's mellow leaves; Persimmon leaves; Sweet potato leaves

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031794831     PISSN: 09219668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008031028484     Document Type: Article

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