Gender-related differences in the level of serum lipids in Meishan pigs

Journal of Health Science

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 97-100

  Kojima, Misaki ^a   Sekimoto, Masashi ^b   Degawa, Masakuni ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Phospholipid; Pig; Serum lipid; Sex difference; Triglyceride

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; CHOLESTEROL; FATTY ACID; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PHOSPHOLIPID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWINE;

SUIDAE;

EID: 44449118349     PISSN: 13449702     EISSN: 13475207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1248/jhs.54.97     Document Type: Article

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