Cholesterol-lowering effect of probiotic yogurt in comparison with ordinary yogurt in mildly to moderately hypercholesterolemic subjects

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-27

  Ataie Jafari, Asal ^a   Larijani, Bagher ^a   Alavi Majd, Hamid ^b   Tahbaz, Farideh ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bifidobacterium; Blood lipids; Lactobacillus; Probiotics; Yogurt

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT; YOGHURT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANIMALIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MILK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STARTER CULTURE;

ADULT; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CHOLESTEROL; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBIOTICS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOGURT;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANIMALIS SUBSP. LACTIS; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS;

EID: 60449096284     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000203284     Document Type: Article

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