Comparative evaluation of the hypolipidemic effects of coconut water and lovastatin in rats fed fat-cholesterol enriched diet

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3586-3592

  Sandhya, V G ^a   Rajamohan, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KERALA   (India)

Author keywords

Bile acids; Cholesterol; Coconut water; HMG CoA reductase; Lovastatin

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; BILE ACID; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE; LIVER ENZYME; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MEVINOLIN; STEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL DIET; COCONUT MILK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LIPID DIET; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ACETATES; ANIMALS; ANTILIPEMIC AGENTS; BILE ACIDS AND SALTS; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; COCOS; DIET; DIETARY FATS; EATING; FECES; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COA REDUCTASES; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; LIPIDS; LIPOPROTEINS; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LOVASTATIN; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STEROLS;

RATTUS;

EID: 55949098121     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2008.08.030     Document Type: Article

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