Dietary fenugreek seed regresses preestablished cholesterol gallstones in mice

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 87, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 684-693

  Reddy, R L R ^a   Srinivasan, K ^a  

^a CENTRAL FOOD TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Biliary cholesterol; Cholesterol gallstone disease; Cholesterol saturation index; Dietary fenugreek seeds; Regression

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PHOSPHOLIPID; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CHOLESTEROL LIVER LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL STONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FENUGREEK; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHOLIPID BLOOD LEVEL; PLANT SEED; POWDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; BILE; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GALLSTONES; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER; MALE; MICE; PLANT EXTRACTS; TRIGONELLA;

EID: 70349271219     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Y09-062     Document Type: Article

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