Dietary isoflavones reduce plasma cholesterol and atherosclerosis in C57BL/6 mice but not LDL receptor-deficient mice

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 954-959

  Kirk, Elizabeth A ^a   Sutherland, Phuong ^a   Wang, Shari A ^a   Chait, Alan ^a   LeBoeuf, Renee C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Genistein; Isoflavone; Mice

Indexed keywords

ALKADIENE; CHOLESTEROL; GENISTEIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; LIPID; LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; SOYBEAN PROTEIN; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COLORIMETRY; DIET; FEMALE; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPID DIET; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION;

ANIMALIA; GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 0031814876     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/128.6.954     Document Type: Article

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