Effects of docosahexaenoic and eicosapentaenoic acid on lipid metabolism, eicosanoid production, platelet aggregation and atherosclerosis in hypercholesterolemic rats

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 111-119

  Adan, Yosef ^a   Shibata, Kenichi ^a   Sato, Masao ^a   Ikeda, Ikuo ^a   Imaizum, Katsumi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Docosahexaenoic acid; Eicosanoids; Eicosapentaenoic acid; Hypercholesterolemia

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID; ICOSANOID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LIPID; PROSTACYCLIN; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

ANIMAL; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECT; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; RAT; THORACIC AORTA; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION;

ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; EICOSANOIDS; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; EPOPROSTENOL; FATTY ACIDS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPIDS; PLATELET AGGREGATION; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; RATS; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES;

EID: 0032618541     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.63.111     Document Type: Article

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