Re-evaluation of individual and combined garlic and flaxseed diets on hyperlipidemic rats

Pakistan Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-8

  Abdel Rahman, Manal K ^a   Mahmoud, Elham M ^a   Abdel Moemin, Aly R ^a   Rafaat, Omnia G A ^a  

^a Department of Nutrition and Food Science   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Flaxseed; Garlic; Histology; Hyperlipidemia; Mediterranean diet; Rats

Indexed keywords

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

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; GARLIC; HEALING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LINSEED; LIVER; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; NONHUMAN; RAT; RISK REDUCTION; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ALLIUM SATIVUM; RATTUS;

EID: 52649113765     PISSN: 16805194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2009.1.8     Document Type: Article

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