Effects of dietary flaxseed oil on cholesterol metabolism of hamsters

Food Chemistry

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1450-1455

  Tzang, Bor Show ^a   Yang, Shun Fa ^a,b   Fu, Shih Guei ^c   Yang, Hui Chun ^a   Sun, Hai Lun ^b   Chen, Yi Chen ^a  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c Department of Applied Life Science   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

CYP7A1; Faecal cholesterol triacylglycerol excretion; Flaxseed oil; Hepatic cholesterol triacylglycerol contents; HMG CoA reductase; LDL receptor; Serum lipids

Indexed keywords

EID: 60249093111     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2008.11.030     Document Type: Article

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