Hypocholesterolemic effects of dietary citrus juices in rabbits

Nutrition Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 121-129

  Kurowska, E M ^a   Borradaile, N M ^a   Spence, J D ^b   Carroll, K K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dietary citrus juices; Hypercholesterolemia; Lipoproteins; Liver; Rabbits

Indexed keywords

FLAVONOID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BILE FLOW; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CITRUS FRUIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FECES LEVEL; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

EID: 0033962385     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0271-5317(99)00144-X     Document Type: Article

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