Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study of Effects of Plant Sterol Enriched Vegetable Juice on Serum Cholesterol Concentrations in Mildly Hypercholesterolemic Subjects and Safety Evaluation

Journal of Oleo Science

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 593-606

  Hironaka, Takahiro ^a   Shioya, Nobuhiko ^b   Matsubara, Hiroshige ^a   Matsuoka, Yasuhiro ^a   Itakura, Hiroshige ^c  

^a Health Functional Research   (Japan)

^b KSO Corporation   (Japan)

^c IBARAKI CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

cholesterol; clinical study; phytosterol; plant sterol; serum lipoprotein; vegetable and fruit mix juice

Indexed keywords

EID: 42049095913     PISSN: 13458957     EISSN: 13473352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5650/jos.55.593     Document Type: Article

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