Dietary taurine enhances cholesterol degradation and reduces serum and liver cholesterol concentrations in rats fed a high-cholesterol diet

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 129, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1705-1712

  Yokogoshi, Hidehiko ^a   Mochizuki, Hideki ^a   Nanami, Ken ^a   Hida, Yuko ^a   Miyachi, Fuyuko ^b   Hiroaki, Oda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Cholesterol 7 hydroxylase (CYP7A1); Hypocholesterolemia; Rat; Taurine

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL 7ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MESSENGER RNA; TAURINE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BILE FLOW; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CHOLESTEROL LIVER LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOOD INTAKE; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPOLYSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032840239     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/129.9.1705     Document Type: Article

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