A vitamin E concentrate rich in tocotrienols had no effect on serum lipids, lipoproteins, or platelet function in men with mildly elevated serum lipid concentrations

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 213-219

  Mensink, Ronald P ^a   Van Houwelingen, Adriana C ^a   Kromhout, Daan ^a   Hornstra, Gerard ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Aggregation; Cholesterol; Coagulation; Fibrinolysis; HDL cholesterol; Humans; Lipid peroxides; Platelets; Thromboxane B2; Tocotrienols; Triacylglycerols

Indexed keywords

11 KETO THROMBOXANE B2; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ALPHA TOCOTRIENOL; ANTIOXIDANT; BETA TOCOPHEROL; CHOLESTEROL; COLLAGEN; DELTA TOCOPHEROL; GAMMA TOCOPHEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LINOLEIC ACID; LIPID; LIPID PEROXIDE; LIPOPROTEIN; LIPOPROTEIN A; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; OLEIC ACID; PALM OIL; PALMITIC ACID; PLACEBO; STEARIC ACID; THROMBOXANE B2; THROMBOXANE B2 DERIVATIVE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TRIOLEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOCYTE FUNCTION;

EID: 0032932928     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/69.2.213     Document Type: Article

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