Suppressive effects of cacao liquor polyphenols (CLP) on LDL oxidation and the development of atherosclerosis in Kurosawa and Kusanagi-hypercholesterolemic rabbits

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 237-246

  Kurosawa, Tohru ^a   Itoh, Fumi ^a   Nozaki, Aiko ^a   Nakano, Yoshihisa ^a   Katsuda, Shin Ichiro ^b   Osakabe, Naomi ^a   Tsubone, Hirokazu ^c   Kondo, Kazuo ^d   Itakura, Hiroshige ^e  

^a MEIJI SEIKA KAISHA LTD   (Japan)

^b FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d OCHANOMIZU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e IBARAKI CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antioxidation; Atherosclerosis; Cacao liquor polyphenols; Kurosawa and Kusanagi hypercholesterolemic (KHC) rabbit

Indexed keywords

2,2' AZOBIS(4 METHOXY) 2,4 DIMETHYLVALERONITRILE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; COPPER; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; PROBUCOL; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALERONITRILE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; CACAO; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 14944342984     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2004.12.003     Document Type: Article

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