Rats show differences in some biomarkers of health when eating diets based on ingredients produced with three different cultivation strategies

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 720-732

  Lauridsen, Charlotte ^a   Yong, Chen ^a   Halekoh, Ulrich ^a   Bügel, Susanne Højbjerg ^b   Brandt, Kirsten ^c   Christensen, Lars Porskjær ^a   Jørgensen, Henry ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conventional food; Immunity; Lipid oxidation; Lipids; Organic food; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA NAPUS; RATTUS;

EID: 39749092330     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.3142     Document Type: Article

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