Daily consumption of dried plum by postmenopausal women does not cause undesirable changes in bowel function

Journal of Applied Research

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-43

  Lucas, Edralin A ^a   Hammond, Lisa J ^a   Mocanu, Veronica ^b   Arquitt, Andrea B ^a   Trolinger, Amanda ^a   Khalil, Dania A ^a   Smith, Brenda J ^a   Soung, Do Y ^a   Daggy, Bruce P ^a   Arjmandi, Bahram H ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GRIGORE T POPA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Bowel; Dried plum; Menopause

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ADULT; APPLE; ARTICLE; DEFECATION; DIETARY INTAKE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTESTINE FUNCTION; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MENOPAUSE; NORMAL HUMAN; OSTEOLYSIS; PARAMETER; PLUM; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 6444225215     PISSN: 1537064X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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