Effect of prickly pear (Opuntia robusta) on glucose- and lipid-metabolism in non-diabetics with hyperlipidemia - A pilot study

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 114, Issue 19-20, 2002, Pages 840-846

  Wolfram, Roswitha M ^a   Kritz, Harald ^a   Efthimiou, Yannis ^a   Stomatopoulos, Jorgos ^a   Sinzinger, Helmut ^a  

^a Wilhelm Auerswald Atherosclerosis Research Group   (Austria)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Hyperlipidemia; Metabolic syndrome; Pectin; Prickly pear (Opuntia robusta)

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; CHOLESTEROL; FIBRINOGEN; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LIPOPROTEIN A; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; NATURAL PRODUCT; PECTIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; URIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY FIBER; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; OPUNTIA; PILOT STUDY; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; APOLIPOPROTEINS B; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FIBRINOGEN; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; INSULIN; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPUNTIA; PECTINS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PILOT PROJECTS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; TIME FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 0037206903     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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