Effect of unripe grape juice (verjuice) on plasma lipid levels in rabbits rendered hypercholesterolemic by feeding egg yolk

Acta Medica Iranica

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 230-234

  Aminian, A ^a,d   Aminian, B ^b   Nekooian, A A ^b   Hoseinali, F ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c MUBARAK AL KABEER HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Egg yolk; Hypercholesterolemia; Lipid; Unripe grape juice; Verjuice

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; EGG YOLK; EXPERIMENTAL RABBIT; FEMALE; FRUIT RIPENING; GRAPE JUICE; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; NONHUMAN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VERJUICE;

EID: 34347251248     PISSN: 00446025     EISSN: 00446025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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