Highly purified soybean protein is not hypocholesterolemic in rats but stimulates cholesterol synthesis and excretion and reduces polyunsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 128, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1084-1091

  Madani, Sihem ^a   Lopez, Stéphanie ^a   Blond, Jean Paul ^a   Prost, Josiane ^a   Belleville, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Casein; Cholesterol metabolism; Polyunsaturated fatty acid synthesis; Rats; Soybean protein

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; CASEIN; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL 7ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; LINOLEIC ACID; LIPID; LIVER ENZYME; PHOSPHOLIPID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SOYBEAN PROTEIN; STEROID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY ACID DESATURATION; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FECES; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPID LIVER LEVEL; LIVER MICROSOME; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DIET; RAT;

ANIMALIA; GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 0031846859     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/128.7.1084     Document Type: Article

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