Hypolipidemic and hepatoprotective effects of flax and pumpkin seed mixture rich in ω-3 and ω-6 fatty acids in hypercholesterolemic rats

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3714-3720

  Makni, M ^a,b   Fetoui, H ^a   Gargouri, N K ^b   Garoui, El M ^a   Jaber, H ^c   Makni, J ^c   Boudawara, T ^d   Zeghal, N ^a  

^a Animal Physiology Laboratory   (Tunisia)

^b ISET   (Tunisia)

^c Oil National Office   (Tunisia)

^d HABIB BOURGUIBA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

3 and 6 PUFAs; Antioxidant activities; Atherogenic index; Flax and pumpkin seeds; Hypercholesterolemic rats

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ARACHIDIC ACID; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MALONALDEHYDE; OLEIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; PALMITIC ACID; STEARIC ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENIC INDEX; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LINSEED; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID STORAGE; LIVER CELL; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LIVER PROTECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PUMPKIN; RAT; SCORING SYSTEM; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANTILIPEMIC AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BODY WEIGHT; CUCURBITA; DIET; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-6; FLAX; HEPATITIS, TOXIC; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIPIDS; LIVER; MALE; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEEDS; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES;

LINUM USITATISSIMUM; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 55949116093     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2008.09.057     Document Type: Article

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