Effects of Taiwanese yam (Dioscorea alata L. cv. Tainung No. 2) on the mucosal hydrolase activities and lipid metabolism in Balb/c mice

Nutrition Research

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 791-801

  Chen, Hsiao Ling ^a   Wang, Cheng Hsin ^b   Chang, Chen Tien ^b   Wang, Tse Cheng ^b  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b PROVIDENCE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Dioscorea alata; Leucine aminopeptidase; Lipid metabolism; Sucrase; Yam

Indexed keywords

BILE ACID; CHOLESTEROL; CYTOSOL AMINOPEPTIDASE; FECES LIPID; HYDROLASE; STEROID; SUCRASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL LIVER LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FECES; LIPID ABSORPTION; LIPID METABOLISM; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE; STEROID EXCRETION; YAM;

DIOSCOREA; DIOSCOREA ALATA;

EID: 0037790787     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0271-5317(03)00036-8     Document Type: Article

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