Anti-atherogenic effect of soya and rice-protein isolate, compared with casein, in apolipoprotein E-deficient mice

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 13-20

  Ni, Weihua ^a   Tsuda, Yasuyuki ^a   Takashima, Shinichiro ^a   Sato, Hiroyoshi ^a   Sato, Masao ^a   Imaizumi, Katsumi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apolipoprotein E deficient mice; Atherosclerosis; L Arginine; Rice protein; Soya protein

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; ARGININE; CASEIN; CHOLESTEROL; METHIONINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; WATER; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROGEN OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AORTA; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRINKING; FEEDING; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN ISOLATION; RICE; SOYBEAN; ANIMAL; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BLOOD; DRUG ANTAGONISM; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; PATHOLOGY; PROTEIN INTAKE;

ANIMALIA; GLYCINE MAX;

ANIMALS; ARGININE; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CASEINS; CHOLESTEROL; DIETARY PROTEINS; FEMALE; MALE; METHIONINE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROGEN OXIDES; ORYZA SATIVA; SOYBEANS;

EID: 0042370265     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN2003878     Document Type: Article

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