Effect of plant fruits - Indian gall nut, bedda nut and gooseberry - On hypercholesterolemic rats

Plant Foods for Human Nutrition

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 343-349

  Nalini, D ^a   Kapoor, R ^a  

^a SRI SATHYA SAI INSTITUTE OF HIGHER LEARNING   (India)

Author keywords

Bedda nut; Bile acid; Cholesterol; Gooseberry; Hypercholesterolemia; Indian gall nut

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032868372     PISSN: 09219668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008001829094     Document Type: Article

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