Ultrastructural examination of rabbit aortic wall following high-fat diet feeding and selenium supplementation: A transmission electron microscopy study

Journal of Applied Toxicology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 405-413

  Mehta, U ^a   Kang, B P S ^a   Kukreja, R S ^b   Bansal, M P ^a  

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Experimental atherogenesis; High fat diet; Rabbit aorta; Selenium; TEM

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; SELENIUM; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; MALONALDEHYDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA DISEASE; AORTA INTIMA; AORTA WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; LIPID DIET; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ANIMAL; AORTA; ATHEROGENIC DIET; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FAT INTAKE; INTIMA; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MICROSCOPY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; AORTA; CHOLESTEROL; DIET, ATHEROGENIC; DIETARY FATS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ULTRAVIOLET; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; RABBITS; SELENIUM; TRIGLYCERIDES; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 0036853651     PISSN: 0260437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jat.877     Document Type: Article

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