Effect of dietary cholesterol with or without saturated fat on plasma lipoprotein cholesterol levels in the laboratory opossum (Monodelphis domestica) model for diet-induced hyperlipidaemia

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 63-70

  Kushwaha, Rampratap S ^a   VandeBerg, Jane F ^a   VandeBerg, John L ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; High density lipoproteins; Lipoproteins; Susceptible and resistant lines of opossums; Very low density lipoproteins+low density lipoproteins

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; COCONUT OIL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LARD; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; SATURATED FATTY ACID; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LIPID DIET; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DISEASE MODEL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; DIDELPHIDAE; MONODELPHIS; MONODELPHIS DOMESTICA;

ANIMALS; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; DIETARY FATS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; LIPOPROTEINS; MALE; OPOSSUMS; SEX FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 3142552650     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/bjn20041167     Document Type: Article

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