Health effect of vegetable-based diet: Lettuce consumption improves cholesterol metabolism and antioxidant status in the rat

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 605-614

  Nicolle, Catherine ^a,b   Cardinault, Nicolas ^b   Gueux, Elyett ^b   Jaffrelo, Lydia ^b   Rock, Edmond ^b   Mazur, Andrzej ^b   Amouroux, Pierre ^a   Rémésy, Christian ^b  

^a Vilmorin ^*  (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Cholesterol; Lettuce

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; CAROTENOID; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; STEROID; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; XANTHOPHYLL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL LIVER LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEEDING; LETTUCE; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIPID SOLUBILITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEROID EXCRETION; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VEGETARIAN DIET; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTENOIDS; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; DIET; FECES; LETTUCE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; MALE; POSTPRANDIAL PERIOD; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES; VITAMIN E;

EID: 4344564633     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2003.10.009     Document Type: Article

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