Protective Effect of Arthrospira maxima on Fatty Acid Composition in Fatty Liver

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 479-483

  Torres Durán, Patricia V ^a   Paredes Carbajal, Ma Cristina ^b   Mascher, Dieter ^b   Zamora González, José ^c   Díaz Zagoya, Juan C ^a   Juárez Oropeza, Marco A ^a  

^a Department of Biochemistry ^*  (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CARDIOLOGÍA IGNACIO CHÁVEZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Antioxidant effect; Cholesterol; Dietary fiber; Proximal analysis; Steatosis; Triacylglycerols

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ARTHROSPIRA MAXIMA EXTRACT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CHOLESTEROL; FATTY ACID; LIPID; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTHROSPIRA MAXIMA; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; FATTY LIVER; LIPID LIVER LEVEL; LIVER PROTECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SPIRULINA;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CHOLESTEROL; CYANOBACTERIA; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY LIVER; LIVER; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 33646074022     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2005.08.005     Document Type: Article

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