Tartary buckwheat sprout powder lowers plasma cholesterol level in rats

Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 501-507

  Kuwabara, Tomoko ^a   Han, Kyu Ho ^b   Hashimoto, Naoto ^c   Yamauchi, Hiroaki ^c   Shimada, Ken Ichiro ^b   Sekikawa, Mitsuo ^b   Fukushima, Michihiro ^a,b  

^a IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR HOKKAIDO REGION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bile acid; Buckwheat sprout powder; Hepatic mRNAs; Serum cholesterol; Short chain fatty acid

Indexed keywords

BILE ACID; BUCKWHEAT EXTRACT; CHOLESTEROL 7ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; MESSENGER RNA; PLANT EXTRACT; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; STARCH; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BUCKWHEAT; CECUM; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SYNTHESIS; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; NONHUMAN; POWDER; RAT; SPROUT; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL 7-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE; EATING; FAGOPYRUM; FATTY ACIDS; FECES; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COA REDUCTASES; LIVER; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; ORGAN SIZE; PLANT PREPARATIONS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RNA, MESSENGER; STEROID HYDROXYLASES; STEROIDS;

FAGOPYRUM ESCULENTUM; FAGOPYRUM TATARICUM; RATTUS;

EID: 38549105919     PISSN: 03014800     EISSN: 18817742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3177/jnsv.53.501     Document Type: Article

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