Antioxidant, lipid-lowering and antihypertensive effects of red Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum) in spontaneously hypertensive rats

Food Science and Technology Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 99-103

  Aoyama, Sakiko ^a,b   Hiraike, Taeko ^a   Yamamoto, Yukiko ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b Osaka Yuhigaoka Gakuen Junior College   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antihypertensive effect; Antioxidant effect; Hypolipidemic effect; Red Welsh onion; Spontaneously hypertensive rats

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM FISTULOSUM; RATTUS;

EID: 61849101763     PISSN: 13446606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3136/fstr.14.99     Document Type: Article

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