Pu-erh tea aqueous extracts lower atherosclerotic risk factors in a rat hyperlipidemia model

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 44, Issue 6-7, 2009, Pages 434-439

  Hou, Yan ^a   Shao, Wanfang ^b   Xiao, Rong ^b   Xu, Kunlong ^b   Ma, Zhizhong ^c   Johnstone, Brian H ^d   Du, Yansheng ^d  

^a Certificate Assessment Center of Yunnan Pu erh Tea   (China)

^b YUNNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyperlipidemia; Lipid peroxidation; Obesity; Pu erh tea; Serum lipid

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MALONALDEHYDE; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYPHENOL; POLYSACCHARIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TEA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FERMENTATION; FOOD INTAKE; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID OXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RISK FACTOR; TEA; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ANIMAL; DIET; DRUG EFFECTS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; METABOLISM; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; DIET; FERMENTATION; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TEA;

RATTUS;

EID: 67349180637     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2009.03.007     Document Type: Article

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