Red pepper attenuates cholesteryl ester transfer protein activity and atherosclerosis in cholesterol-fed rabbits

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 332, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 37-44

  Kwon, Myung Ja ^a   Song, Young Sun ^b   Choi, Myung Sook ^c   Song, Yeong Ok ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b Inje University   (South Korea)

^c Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aortic lesion; CETP; HDL cholesterol; Red pepper

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL ESTER TRANSFER PROTEIN; FAT DROPLET; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENIC DIET; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE MARKER; EXCRETION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEEDING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PEPPER; POWDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RABBIT; RISK FACTOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

CAPSICUM ANNUUM VAR. ANNUUM; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0038324407     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-8981(03)00118-9     Document Type: Article

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