The mechanism underlying the hypocholesterolemic effect of chronic fish oil feeding in rats is not due to increased excretion of dietary cholesterol

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 253-263

  Bravo, Elena ^a   Cantafora, Alfredo ^a   Deluca, Veronica ^b   Tripodi, Marco ^b   Avella, Michael ^c   Botham, Kathleen M ^c  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b Dipto Biotecnologie Cellulari ed E   (Italy)

^c ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bile acids; Biliary lipid secretion; Cholesterol; Chylomicrons; Dietary n 3 polyunsaturated fatty acids; Hepatic cholesterol metabolism

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CHYLOMICRON; FISH OIL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; BILE ACID SYNTHESIS; BILE FLOW; BILE SECRETION; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPOPROTEIN METABOLISM; LIVER METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BILE; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; CHYLOMICRONS; DIET, FAT-RESTRICTED; DIETARY FATS, UNSATURATED; FISH OILS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 0031877927     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9150(98)00075-6     Document Type: Article

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