Stronger suppression of plasma cholesterol and enhancement of the fecal excretion of steroids by a buckwheat protein product than by a soy protein isolate in rats fed on a cholesterol-free diet

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1412-1414

  Tomotake, Hiroyuki ^a,c   Shimaoka, Iwao ^a   Kayashita, Jun ^a   Yokoyama, Fumiyo ^a   Nakajoh, Misao ^a   Kato, Norihisa ^b  

^a KISSEI PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Iida Women's Junior College   (Japan)

Author keywords

Buckwheat protein; Cholesterol; Fecal steroid; Rat; Soy protein

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE MAX;

CHOLESTEROL; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; SOYBEAN PROTEIN; STEROID; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; DIET; DRUG EFFECT; EATING; FAGOPYRUM; FECES; MALE; METABOLISM; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; DIET; EATING; FAGOPYRUM; FECES; MALE; PLANT PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOYBEAN PROTEINS; STEROIDS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0035376303     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.65.1412     Document Type: Article

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