Effect of a taurine treatment on the regression of existing atherosclerotic lesions in rabbits fed on a high-cholesterol diet

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1035-1039

  Balkan, Jale ^a   Öztezcan, Serdar ^a   Hatipoglu, Aydan ^b   Çevikbaş, Uǧur ^a   Aykaç Toker, Gülçin ^a   Uysal, Müjdat ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Eczacibasi Ilac Pazarlama   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; High cholesterol diet; Lipid peroxidation; Rabbit; Taurine

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; MALONALDEHYDE; TAURINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL; AORTA; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENIC DIET; BLOOD; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; AORTA; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; DIET, ATHEROGENIC; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; MALONDIALDEHYDE; RABBITS; TAURINE; TRIGLYCERIDES;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 4544279306     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.68.1035     Document Type: Article

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