Sugar cane policosanols do not reduce LDL oxidation in hypercholesterolemic individuals

Lipids

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 391-396

  Kassis, Amira N ^a   Kubow, Stan ^a   Jones, Peter J H ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

ELISA; Hypercholesterolemia; Low density lipoprotein; Oxidation; Sugar cane policosanol

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MARGARINE; OXIDIZED LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; PLACEBO; POLICOSANOL;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIET; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVENING DOSAGE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPID OXIDATION; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; POSTMENOPAUSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUGARCANE;

ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FATTY ALCOHOLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SACCHARUM;

SACCHARUM;

EID: 67349220077     PISSN: 00244201     EISSN: 15589307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11745-009-3295-5     Document Type: Article

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