Nutraceutical value of persimmon (Diospyros kaki Thunb.) and its influence on some indices of atherosclerosis in an experiment on rats fed cholesterol-containing diet

Advances in Horticultural Science

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 250-254

  Park, Y S ^a   Leontowicz, H ^b   Leontowicz, M ^b   Namiesnik, J ^c   Jesion, I ^b   Gorinstein, S ^d  

^a Mokpo National University   (South Korea)

^b WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^c GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bioactive compounds; Cultivars; Persimmon; Plasma lipids and antioxidant activity rats

Indexed keywords

DIOSPYROS; DIOSPYROS KAKI; RATTUS;

EID: 57149117147     PISSN: 03946169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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