Karaya root saponin exerts a hypocholesterolemic response in rats fed a high-cholesterol diet

Nutrition Research

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 350-354

  Afrose, Sadia ^a   Hossain, Md S ^a   Maki, Takaaki ^b   Tsujii, Hirotada ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Matsumoto Institute of Microorganisms   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atherogenic index; Cholesterol; Karaya root saponin; Rat; Triacylglycerol

Indexed keywords

BILE ACID; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; KARAYA GUM; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; SAPONIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FECES ANALYSIS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUILLAJA; RAT; SOYBEAN; TEA;

ANIMALS; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BILE ACIDS AND SALTS; CHOLESTEROL; DIET, ATHEROGENIC; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FECES; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; KARAYA GUM; LIVER; MALE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; QUILLAJA; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SAPONINS; SOYBEANS; STERCULIA; TEA; TRIGLYCERIDES;

GLYCINE MAX; QUILLAJA; RATTUS;

EID: 67449085824     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nutres.2009.05.008     Document Type: Article

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