Amaranth protein presents cholesterol-lowering effect

Food Chemistry

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 738-742

  Mendonça, Simone ^a   Saldiva, Paulo H ^b   Cruz, Robison J ^b   Arêas, José A G ^b  

^a EMBRAPA AGROENERGIA ^*  (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amaranth; Cholesterol; Hamster; hypercholesterolaemia; Protein isolate

Indexed keywords

AMARANTH; AMARANTH PROTEIN; BILE ACID; CASEIN; CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMARANTHUS CRUENTUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG METABOLISM; HAMSTER; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN;

AMARANTHUS CAUDATUS; ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE;

EID: 67349274139     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2009.03.021     Document Type: Article

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