Concentration of serum lipids and aortic lesion size in female and male apo e-deficient mice fed docosahexaenoic acid

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 309-313

  Adan, Yosef ^a   Shibata, Kenichi ^a   Ni, Weihua ^a   Tsuda, Yasuyuki ^a   Sato, Masao ^a   Ikeda, Ikuo ^a   Imaizumi, Katsumi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apolipoprotein E defficient mice; Atherosclerotic lesion; Docosahexaenoic acid; Gender; Lipids

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; CHOLESTEROL; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; PHOSPHOLIPID; SAFFLOWER OIL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL; AORTA; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENIC DIET; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; PATHOLOGY; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; AORTA; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; DIET, ATHEROGENIC; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIPIDS; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SAFFLOWER OIL; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 0033071393     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.63.309     Document Type: Article

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