Effect of germanium-132 on low-density lipoprotein oxidation and atherosclerosis in Kurosawa and Kusanagi hypercholesterolemic rabbits

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1893-1896

  Wakabayashi, Yasuhisa ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Atherosclerosis; Germanium 132 (Ge 132); Kurosawa and kusanagi hypercholesterolemic (KHC) rabbits; Low density lipoprotein

Indexed keywords

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

BIS(CARBOXYETHYL)GERMANIUM SESQUIOXIDE; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEMALE; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; KINETICS; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOLOGY; RABBIT; THORACIC AORTA;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; AORTA, THORACIC; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; KINETICS; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RABBITS; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES;

EID: 0035433467     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.65.1893     Document Type: Article

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