Efficacy of dietary aloe vera supplementation on hepatic cholesterol and oxidative status in aged rats

Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 292-296

  Lim, Beong Ou ^a,d   Seong, Nak Sul ^b   Choue, Ryo Won ^a   Kim, Jong Dai ^e   Lee, Hyeon Yong ^e   Kim, Sun Yeou ^a   Yu, Byung Pal ^c   Jeon, Tae Il ^d   Park, Dong Ki ^d  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^d Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Aging; Aloe vera; Cholesterol; Oxidative stress; Phospholipid hydroperoxide

Indexed keywords

ALOE VERA EXTRACT; CATALASE; CHARCOAL; CHOLESTEROL; HYDROPEROXIDE DERIVATIVE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL LIVER LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOOD PROCESSING; FREEZE DRYING; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT LEAF; RAT;

ALOE; ALOE VERA; ANIMALIA;

EID: 0141480025     PISSN: 03014800     EISSN: 18817742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3177/jnsv.49.292     Document Type: Article

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