Improving effect of dietary taurine supplementation on the oxidative stress and lipid levels in the plasma, liver and aorta of rabbits fed on a high-cholesterol diet

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1755-1758

  Balkan, Jale ^a   Kanbağli, Öznur ^a   Hatipöğlu, Aydan ^a   KüÇük, Mutlu ^b   Qevikbaş, Uğur ^b   AykaÇ Töker, GulÇin ^a   Uysal, Müjdat ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Hypercholesterolemia; Lipid peroxidation; Rabbit; Taurine

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CHOLESTEROL; GLUTATHIONE; LIPID PEROXIDE; MALONALDEHYDE; TAURINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL; AORTA; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; AORTA; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; GLUTATHIONE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LIPID PEROXIDES; LIVER; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RABBITS; TAURINE; TRIGLYCERIDES;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0036688728     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.66.1755     Document Type: Article

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