β-carotene and oxidative desaturation of fatty acids: A plausible explanation of the conflicting responses of coronary heart disease to β-carotene?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 950-953

  Siebert, B D ^a,b   Kruk, Z A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; FATTY ACID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; SATURATED FATTY ACID;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CATTLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FAT BODY; FAT INTAKE; FATTY ACID DESATURATION; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 2542501702     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2003.11.034     Document Type: Article

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