Lime-treated maize husks lower plasma LDL-cholesterol levels in normal and hypercholesterolaemic adult men from northern Mexico

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 281-288

  Vidal Quintanar, Reyna Luz ^a   Mendívil, Reyna Luz ^a   Peña, Mireya ^a   Fernandez, Maria Luz ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SONORA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Dietary fibre; Maize husks; Plasma cholesterol

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM OXIDE; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY FIBER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAIZE; MALE; MEXICO; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

CAVIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0344416989     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0007114599000525     Document Type: Article

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