Overview of flax lignans

INFORM - International News on Fats, Oils and Related Materials

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 118-121

  Westcott, Neil D ^a   Muir, Alister D ^a  

^a SASKATOON RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

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EID: 0345847398     PISSN: 08978026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
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References (7)

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3. Prasad, K., S.V. Mantha, J. Kalra, A.D. Muir, and N.D. Westcott, Reduction of Hypercholesterolemic Atherosclerosis by CDC-flaxseed with Very Low α-Linolenic Acid, Atherosclerosis 136:367-375 (1998).
4. Rickard, S.E., L.J. Orcheson, M.M. Seidl, L. Luyengi, H.H.S. Fong, and L.U. Thompson, Dose-Dependent Production of Mammalian Lignans in Rats and in vitro from the Purified Precursor Secoisolariciresinol Diglycoside in Flaxseed, J. Nutr. 126:2012-2019 (1996).
5. Thompson, L.U., M.M. Seidl, S.E. Rickard, L.J. Orcheson, and H.H.S. Fong, Antitumorigenic Effect of a Mammalian Lignan Precursor from Flaxseed, Nutr. Cancer 26:159-165 (1996).
6. Westcott, N.D., A.D. Muir, and S.F. Northrup, Analysis of Flax Lignans After Enzymatic and Chemical Extraction, in Proceedings of the 57th Flax Institute of the United States, Flax Institute of the United States, Fargo, North Dakota, 1998, pp. 27-30.
7. Westcott, N.D., and D. Paton, A Complex Containing Lignan, Phenolic and Aliphatic Substances from Flax and Process for Preparing, U.S. Patent Application (1999).