Chinese green tea lowers cholesterol level through an increase in fecal lipid excretion

Life Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 411-423

  Yang, Teddy T C ^a   Koo, Marcel W L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bile acids; Cholesterol; Cholesterol 7 hydroxylase; Fatty acid synthase; Green tea; HMG CoA reductase; Lung Chen tea

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXY 3 METHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A; BILE ACID; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL 7ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE; FATTY ACID SYNTHASE; FECES LIPID; HERBACEOUS AGENT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL LIVER LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; HERBAL MEDICINE; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPID LIVER LEVEL; LIPOGENESIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; TEA;

EID: 0033579326     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-3205(99)00607-4     Document Type: Article

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