Consumption of pistachio nuts beneficially affected blood lipids and total antioxidant activity in rats fed a high-cholesterol diet

Folia Biologica

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 132-136

  Alturfan, A Ata ^a   Emekli Alturfan, E ^b   Uslu, E ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Hyperlipidaemia; Oxidative stress; Pistachio; Sialic acid

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CHOLESTEROL; GLUTATHIONE; LIPID; SIALIC ACID; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; THIOL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOOD INTAKE; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PISTACHIO; RAT; TISSUE INJURY; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

PISTACIA VERA; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CHOLESTEROL; DIETARY FATS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GLUTATHIONE; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; MALE; N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; PISTACIA; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES;

EID: 69749113120     PISSN: 00155500     EISSN: 25337602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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