Effect of pectin and amidated pectin on cholesterol homeostasis and cecal metabolism in rats fed a high-cholesterol diet

Physiological Research

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 433-442

  Marounek, M ^a,b   Volek, Z ^a   Synytsya, A ^c   Copikova J ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Amidated pectins; Cholesterol; Feces; Pectin; Rat

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; CHOLESTANOL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; PECTIN; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CECUM; CHEMISTRY; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FECES; FERMENTATION; HOMEOSTASIS; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

AMIDES; ANIMALS; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; BODY WEIGHT; CECUM; CHOLESTANOL; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FECES; FERMENTATION; HOMEOSTASIS; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PECTINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 35648979979     PISSN: 08628408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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