Effect of taurine supplementation on plasma homocysteine levels of the middle-aged Korean women

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 643, Issue , 2009, Pages 415-422

  Ahn, Chang Soon ^a  

^a Ansan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HOMOCYSTEINE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TAURINE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; LIPID;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HEART PROTECTION; HOMOCYSTEINE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; KOREA; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST HIP RATIO; ARTICLE; BLOOD;

ADULT; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MIDDLE AGED; TAURINE;

EID: 63149162356     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-75681-3_43     Document Type: Conference Paper

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