Impact of an enriched-cholesterol diet on enzymatic cholesterol metabolism during rabbit gestation

Life Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1463-1477

  Montoudis, Alain ^a   Boileau, Serge ^a   Simoneau, Lucie ^a   Lafond, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dam; Enriched cholesterol diet; Enzymatic cholesterol metabolism; Gestation; Liver; Offspring; Placenta; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXY 3 METHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A; CHOLESTEROL 7ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE; CHOLESTEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CHOLESTEROL ESTERIFICATION; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENZYMATIC ASSAY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME METABOLISM; FEMALE; LIVER; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PROGENY; RABBIT; REDUCTION; SPECIES COMPARISON;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0038691753     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-3205(03)00436-3     Document Type: Article

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