Cholesterol and copper in the liver of rabbit inbred strains with differences in dietary cholesterol response

Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 459-465

  De Wolf, Ingeborg D ^a   Fielmich Bouman, Xandra M ^a   Lankhorst, Ægidius ^a   Den Bieman, Maria ^a   Van Oost, Bernard A ^a   Beynen, Anton C ^a   Van Zutphen, Bert F M ^a   Van Lith, Hein A ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Copper; Inbred strain; Liver; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; COPPER; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN METABOLISM; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; CHOLESTEROL LIVER LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY WEIGHT; FEEDING; FEMALE; HEPATOMEGALY; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INBRED STRAIN; INBREEDING; LIVER LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RABBIT; STEROID ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0041888274     PISSN: 09552863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-2863(03)00059-7     Document Type: Article

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