Cholesterol-lowering effect of policosanol on rabbits with hypercholesterolaemia induced by a wheat starch-casein diet

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 923-932

  Menéndez, Roberto ^a   Arruzazabala, Lourdes ^a   Más, Rosa ^a   Del Río, Armando ^a   Amor, Ana M ^a   González, Rosa M ^a   Carbajal, Daisy ^a   Fraga, Vivian ^a   Molina, Vivian ^a   Illnait, José ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Cholesterol biosynthesis; Hypercholesterolaemia; LDL; Policosanol

Indexed keywords

CASEIN; CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; POLICOSANOL; STARCH; STEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL LIVER LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; HALF LIFE TIME; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; KINETICS; MALE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; RECEPTOR BINDING; WHEAT;

ANIMALS; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; CASEINS; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; FATTY ALCOHOLS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; LIVER; MALE; PROTEIN BINDING; RABBITS; RECEPTORS, LDL; TRITICUM;

ANIMALIA; ARUNDINARIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SACCHARUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0343052967     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN19970090     Document Type: Article

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