Yoghurt enriched with Lactobacillus acidophilus does not lower blood lipids in healthy men and women with normal to borderline high serum cholesterol levels

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 277-280

  De Roos, N M ^a   Scheuten, G ^b   Katan, M B ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Blood lipids; Lactobacillus acidophilus; Yoghurt

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; YOGHURT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS;

EID: 0032933165     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1600722     Document Type: Article

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