Soluble polysaccharide and biomass of red microalga Porphyridium sp. alter intestinal morphology and reduce serum cholesterol in rats

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 469-476

  Dvir, Irit ^a   Chayoth, Reuven ^a   Sod Moriah, Uriel ^a   Shany, Shraga ^a   Nyska, Abraham ^b   Stark, Aliza H ^c   Madar, Zecharia ^c   Arad, Shoshana Malis ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILE ACID; CELLULOSE; CHOLECYSTOKININ; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; PECTIN; POLYSACCHARIDE; STEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BILE ACID METABOLISM; BIOMASS; CHOLECYSTOKININ BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COLON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY FIBER; FECES ANALYSIS; HYPERTROPHY; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; RAT; RED ALGA; SMALL INTESTINE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; PORPHYRIDIUM SP.; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 0033755228     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s000711450000177x     Document Type: Article

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