Alpha-linolenic acid-rich wheat germ oil decreases oxidative stress and CD40 ligand in patients with mild hypercholesterolemia [2]

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2577-2578

  Alessandri, Cesare ^a   Pignatelli, Pasquale ^a   Loffredo, Lorenzo ^a   Lenti, Luisa ^a   Del Ben, Maria ^a   Carnevale, Roberto ^a   Perrone, Alessandro ^a   Ferro, Domenico ^a   Angelico, Francesco ^a   Violi, Francesco ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD40 LIGAND; CORN OIL; LINOLEIC ACID;

DISEASE SEVERITY; DOWN REGULATION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; IN VITRO STUDY; LETTER; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPPLEMENTATION; UPREGULATION; WHEAT GERM;

ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CD40 LIGAND; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT OILS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33750221191     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.0000242795.08322.fb     Document Type: Letter

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