Hypocholesterolemic effect of Nostoc commune var. sphaeroides Kützing, an edible blue-green alga

European Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 387-394

  Rasmussen, Heather E ^a   Blobaum, Kara R ^a   Jesch, Elliot D ^a   Ku, Chai Siah ^a   Park, Young Ki ^a   Lu, Fan ^b   Carr, Timothy P ^a   Lee, Ji Young ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b Algaen Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue green algae; Cholesterol absorption; Cholesterol metabolism; Nostoc commune var. sphaeroides K tzing

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ABC TRANSPORTER A1; ATP BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTER G5; CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; LIPID; MESSENGER RNA; SCAVENGER RECEPTOR BI; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN 2; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLUE GREEN ALGA; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG MECHANISM; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID LIVER LEVEL; LIVER; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NOSTOC COMMUNE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMALL INTESTINE; STEROL EXCRETION;

ANIMALS; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; CHOLESTEROL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FATTY ACID SYNTHETASE COMPLEX; FECES; FREEZE DRYING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COA REDUCTASES; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; LIPIDS; LIVER; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NOSTOC COMMUNE; ORGAN SIZE; RECEPTORS, LDL; STEROIDS; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN 2;

CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; MUS; NOSTOC COMMUNE;

EID: 70349589727     PISSN: 14366207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00394-009-0025-y     Document Type: Article

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