Dietary taurine supplementation reduces plasma and liver cholesterol and triglyceride levels in rats fed a high-cholesterol or a cholesterol-free diet

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 442, Issue , 1998, Pages 319-325

  Park, Taesun ^a   Lee, Kyungshin ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; TAURINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FOOD COMPOSITION; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIVER METABOLISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031838568     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4899-0117-0_40     Document Type: Conference Paper

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