Effect of flaxseed consumption on blood pressure, serum lipids, hemopoietic system and liver and kidney enzymes in healthy humans

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-27

  Stuglin, Carlo ^a   Prasad, Kailash ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Flaxseed; Hemopoietic system; Liver enzymes

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CREATININE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; KIDNEY ENZYME; LIVER ENZYME; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PLASMA PROTEIN; SERUM ALBUMIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UREA; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIET; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART RATE; HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LINSEED; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER FUNCTION; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; DIET; DIETARY FATS; FLAX; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; REFERENCE VALUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 17044407388     PISSN: 10742484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107424840501000103     Document Type: Article

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