Supplementation with pumpkin seed oil improves plasma lipid profile and cardiovascular outcomes of female non-ovariectomized and ovariectomized Sprague-Dawley rats

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 873-877

  Gossell Williams, M ^a   Lyttle, K ^a   Clarke, T ^a   Gardner, M ^a   Simon, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

ovariectomized rats; plasma lipids; Pumpkin seed oil; systolic and diastolic blood pressure

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CORN OIL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PUMPKIN SEED OIL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE OIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; RAT; SUPPLEMENTATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CUCURBITA; DIETARY FATS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPIDS; OVARIECTOMY; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT OILS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEEDS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

CUCURBITA; RATTUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 48749114671     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2381     Document Type: Article

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