Dietary sitostanol reduces plaque formation but not lecithin cholesterol acyl transferase activity in rabbits

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 101-110

  Ntanios, Fady Y ^a   Jones, Peter J H ^a   Frohlich, Jiri J ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dietary sitostanol; Lecithin cholesterol acyl transferase; Phytosterols; Plaque formation; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE STEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; SITOSTANOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CHOLESTEROL LIVER LEVEL; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOOD COMPOSITION; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

EID: 0032076318     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9150(98)00008-2     Document Type: Article

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