Intestinal cholesterol conversion in adults and elderly from four different European countries

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 52, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 12-14

  Norin, Elisabeth ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Intestine; Metabolism; Microbes

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; COPROSTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRANCE; GERMANY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE FUNCTION; ITALY; LIVER; MALE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SHORT SURVEY; SWEDEN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BACTERIA; CHOLESTANOL; CHOLESTEROL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS;

EID: 41849115275     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000115341     Document Type: Short Survey

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