Reduced and high molecular weight barley β-glucans decrease plasma total and non-HDL-cholesterol in hypercholesterolemic Syrian Golden hamsters

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 134, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2617-2622

  Wilson, Thomas A ^a   Nicolosi, Robert J ^a   Delaney, Bryan ^b,c   Chadwell, Kim ^a   Moolchandani, Vikas ^a   Kotyla, Timothy ^a   Ponduru, Sridevi ^a   Zheng, Guo Hua ^b   Hess, Richard ^b   Knutson, Nathan ^b   Curry, Leslie ^b   Kolberg, Lore ^b   Goulson, Melanie ^b   Ostergren, Karen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b CARGILL INC   (United States)

^c DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic cholesterol; Barley glucans; Fecal sterols; Plasma cholesterol

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCAN; CELLULOSE; CHOLESTEROL; COCONUT OIL; COPROSTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; STEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BARLEY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; ENZYMATIC DEGRADATION; FECES; FLUOR; HAMSTER; HYDROLYSIS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS;

EID: 4744374849     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/134.10.2617     Document Type: Article

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