Increased plant sterol and stanol levels in brain of Watanabe rabbits fed rapeseed oil derived plant sterol or stanol esters

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 890-899

  FrickeC B , Christiane B ^a   Schrøder, Malene ^b   Poulsen, Morten ^b   von Bergmann, Klaus ^a   Wester, Ingmar ^c   Knudsen, Ib ^b   Mortensen, Alicja ^b   Lütjohann, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c Raisio Oyj   (Finland)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Brain cholesterol; Hypercholesterolemia; LDL receptor; Phytosterols

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LATHOSTEROL; PHYTOSTEROL; RAPESEED OIL; STANOL ESTER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN PROTECTION; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID BRAIN LEVEL; LIPID DIET; LIPID LIVER LEVEL; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPID TRANSPORT; MALE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; CHOLESTEROL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE II; LIVER; MALE; PHYTOSTEROLS; PLANT OILS; RABBITS; SITOSTEROLS;

ANIMALIA; BRASSICA NAPUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 35148854538     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114507756532     Document Type: Article

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