Dietary rhubarb (Rheum rhaponticum) stalk fibre stimulates cholesterol 7α-hydroxylase gene expression and bile acid excretion in cholesterol-fed C57BL/6J mice

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 65-71

  Goel, Vinti ^a   Cheema, Sukhinder K ^a   Agellon, Luis B ^a   Ooraikul, Buncha ^a   Basu, Tapan K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bile acids; Cholesterol 7 hydroxylase; Rhubarb (Rheum rhaponticum)

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A; BILE ACID; CELLULOSE; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL 7ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE; CHOLESTEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTEROL ESTER; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BILE ACID METABOLISM; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL LIVER LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY FIBER; GALLBLADDER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RHUBARB;

ANIMALIA; RHAPONTICUM; RHEUM RHAPONTICUM; RHEUM X CULTORUM;

EID: 0033005624     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0007114599000161     Document Type: Article

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