Gemfibrozil reduces non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol in exogenously hypercholesterolemic (ExHC) rats fed a high-cholesterol diet

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 579-586

  Nagao, Koji ^a   Yoshida, Susumu ^a   Nakagiri, Hideaki ^a   Sakono, Masanobu ^a   Sato, Masao ^a   Imaizumi, Katsumi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

3 Hydroxy 3 methyl glutaryl CoA reductase; Acyl CoA:cholesterol acyltransferase; Bile acids; Cholesterol 7 hydroxylase; ExHC (exogenously hypercholesterolemic) rats; Gemfibrozil; Lipoprotein cholesterol; Sprague Dawley rats

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN; BILE ACID; CHOLESTEROL 7ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE; CHOLESTEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; GEMFIBROZIL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0031864456     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(98)10049-4     Document Type: Article

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