Egg yolk cholesterol lowering effects of garlic and tea

Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 456-460

  Azeke, Marshall Arebojie ^a   Ekpo, Kokoete Ekerete ^a  

^a AMBROSE ALLI UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Egg yolk; Garlic black tea; Triglycerides

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKEN; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EGG YOLK; GARLIC; NONHUMAN; TEA; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT CHANGE;

ALLIUM SATIVUM; AVES; CAMELLIA SINENSIS;

EID: 52349115077     PISSN: 17273048     EISSN: 18125719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2008.456.460     Document Type: Article

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