Evaluation of the correlation between amount of curcumin intake and its physiological effects in rats

Food Science and Technology Research

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 157-160

  Nagata, Jun Ichi ^a   Saito, Morio ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND NUTRITION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Curcumin; HDL cholesterol; Liver function; Rat serum; Triglyceride

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 37849186327     PISSN: 13446606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3136/fstr.11.157     Document Type: Article

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