Effect of Monascus purpureus-fermented rice on lipidemia and fatty liver in quail

Research Communications in Molecular Pathology and Pharmacology

Volumn 119, Issue 1-6, 2006, Pages 67-75

  Wei, Wei ^a,b,d   Li, Changling ^a   Wang, Yinye ^a   Kritchevsky, David ^c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c WISTAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d CHINA PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dongbaogantai; Hepatic steatosis; Liver index; Liver lipids; Lovastatin; Monascus purpureus fermented rice; Monocolin; Quail; Serum lipids

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTIN; DONGBAOGANTAI; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPOTROPIC AGENT; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MEVINOLIN; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; FATTY LIVER; FERMENTATION; FLAVOR; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID DIET; LIPID LIVER LEVEL; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LIVER WEIGHT; LOW DRUG DOSE; MONASCUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAIL; RICE;

ANIMALS; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; CHOLESTEROL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FATTY LIVER; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; LOVASTATIN; MONASCUS; PHYTOTHERAPY; QUAIL; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 35348924819     PISSN: 10780297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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